| StorageSite | UCL Special Collections |
| Level | Item |
| Reference Number | MS LAT/4 |
| Title | Dialectical and other Treatises and Calendars |
| Date | 14th century-15th century |
| Description | Manuscript volume with contents dating from the 14th and 15th centuries, comprising a collection of miscellaneous treatises, including 'Dyalethyca', with a commentary and exercise on the Summulae logicorum of Petrus Hispanus and other lectures and exercises in logic of Petrus Zech, alias De Pulka, of the University of Vienna, written by Johannes Sintram at Ulm and dated 1405; other treatises on liturgical and astrological subjects, including 'Tractatus Algorismi' of Johannes De Sacro Bosco; Calendars; questions on canon law; verses. The pastedowns are from a 14th-century noted service book containing "Veni sancte spiritus et emite celitus..." and the Nicene creed.
For a full description of contents and their incipits see N R Ker, 'Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries' (London and Oxford, 1969), pp.338-9 and Dorothy K Coveney, 'A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London' (London, 1935), pp.4-5. Note that these descriptions do not agree with each other, as Ker describes 17 texts including the pastedowns whereas Coveney identifies 20.
Original binding of oak boards and half pigskin, repaired. Formerly secured with a brass duck-head clasp (now partially missing). Five links of a chain remain attached to the head of the rear board. Manuscript on paper in various hands except for the final section which is parchment. |
| Extent | 1 volume containing 262 leaves |
| AdminHistory | According to Dorothy Coveney (see Coveney, Dorothy K. “Johannes Sintram De Herbipoli”, publication note below), ff. 1-129 were written by a single scribe, Johannes Sintram of Würzburg [Herbipoli], and a note by him on f.129v indicates that he finished the work in 1405 whilst a student at Ulm. In 1444 Sintram gifted 61 manuscript books to the Franziskaner-Minoriten kloster at Würzburg, which had a chained library. The note by Sintram in this manuscript and the fact that it retains some links of a chain suggest that this manuscript was probably one of those books. |
| CustodialHistory | The manuscript probably belonged to the chained library at Würzburg and later formed part of the library of John Thomas Graves (1806-1870), mathematician and Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London, whose collection included manuscripts dating from the 15th to the 19th century, relating mainly to mathematics. Formerly Graves 3501, and bearing the Graves ex libris. |
| Acquisition | Graves' library was bequeathed to University College London in 1870. |
| AccessStatus | Restricted access |
| AccessConditions | Access to this item is restricted for preservation reasons. Please contact Special Collections for further details. |
| FindingAids | Dorothy K Coveney, 'A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London' (London, 1935) and N R Ker, 'Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries' (London and Oxford, 1969), which summarise the contents of the manuscript; handlist at University College London Special Collections. |
| PublnNote | For further discussion of Sintram see: Coveney, Dorothy K. “Johannes Sintram De Herbipoli.” Speculum, vol. 16, no. 3, 1941, pp. 336–339. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2852711. See also Theodore C Petersen, 'Johannes Sintram de Herbipoli in two of his manuscripts', Speculum, xx (1945), pp 73-83 and one plate. |