| Description | Manuscript volume, dated 1456, comprising miscellaneous texts:
Von Den Vier Letzen Dingen, or Quatuor Novissima (on the Four Last Things);
Poem on death, in Latin and German
Lehre Aristoteles An Konig Alexander (lesson by Aristotle to King Alexander)
Isidorus
Untitled, beginning: Up eynre anderre stat van/ der gewaire oitmodichgeit ...
Klage Des Crucifixus (lament of the Crucifix), verse in German and Latin
Tafel Des Christlichen Glaubens (table of Christian beliefs)
Gedicht Auf Die Ritterschaft Jesu (poem on the knighthood of Jesus)
Three short rhymes in German and Latin
Messiasbuch (Messiah book). |
| CustodialHistory | The manuscript belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), baronet, an antiquary and bibliophile whose collection included c60,000 manuscripts of various kinds, some relating to the administration of Swiss towns. Various manuscripts were sold after Sir Thomas's death, some to the German government, and were dispersed to several libraries. Formerly Van Ess MS and Phillipps MS 624. |
| PublnNote | R F M Byrn, 'Cordiale manuscript lists' (typescript; copy at University College London Special Collections), extracted from 'The Cordiale-Auszug: a study of Gerard van Vliederhoven's Cordiale de IV novissimis with particular reference to the High German versions' (Leeds University PhD thesis, 1976), examines texts of the Four Last Things, including University College London MS GERM 10, ff 1ra-46vb. |