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StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
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Reference Number MS GERM/18
TitleMystical Treatises (German, 1488)
Date14th century
Date21488
DescriptionManuscript volume, dated 1488: Mystische Traktate (mystical treatises). Possibly two originally independent manuscripts bound together. On parchment, bound in leather over wooden boards with single clasp.

Strips of manuscript fragment waste parchment have been used as quire guards, bearing text in a 14th century script.
Extent1 volume containing 100 leaves
CustodialHistoryThe 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 Phillipps MS 541. Also bearing on folio 1r: Professor van Ess zu Marburg; and the number 156.
AcquisitionPresented to University College London by Sir Edgar Speyer in 1911.
AccessStatusCertain restrictions apply
AccessConditionsFragile, handle with care. Centre section of volume does not open beyond 45 degrees.
FindingAidsDorothy K Coveney, 'A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London' (London, 1935), which summarises the contents of the manuscript; N R Ker, 'Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries' (London and Oxford, 1969); handlist at University College London Special Collections.
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