| StorageSite | UCL Special Collections |
| Level | Item |
| Reference Number | MS FRAG/GERM/10 |
| Title | Der Sachsenspiegel [Fragment] |
| Date | 14th Century? |
| Description | Fragment of a copy of Der Sachsenspiegel or Sassen Speyghel, which is a compendium of German law notable for having been written in Middle Low German (rather than Latin) in about 1220. The text on this leaf is from Book II of the Lantrechtes (Common Law). Main body text in a Gothic bookhand in black ink in two columns. With red paragraph marks that extend to underlining, red rubrics and large 2-line capitals alternating red and blue.
The word "BASSUS" has been written perpendicular to the text across the verso, and probably relates to the work that was bound into the fragment. |
| Extent | 1 leaf |
| Acquisition | Not catalogued by Dorothy Coveney as part of her list of German fragments, so it is likely that this was acquired by UCL after 1935. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| AccessConditions | The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking. |