The item has 263 leaves, and measures 115mm by 75mm. It is in a fine calligraphic bookhand, rubrics and headings in red, black morocco over pasteboards.
Miniature prayerbook in Latin
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- ReferenceGB 237 Coll-1314
- Dates of Creation1600-1699
- Language of MaterialLatin
- Physical Description1 volume
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
This is a 17th century miniature prayerbook in manuscript on vellum, in Latin. It is probably from Trier, Germany.
The volume has a modern bookplate of the Bibliotheca Phillippica - from the collection formed by Thomas Phillipps (Bt), MS.704, changed to 23866 - and it was also part of Bergendal Collection (MS.23) which had been owned by Joseph Pope (1921-2010).
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Acquisition Information
Material acquired through purchase. Accession no: E2011.30/3.
Archivist's Note
Compiled by Graeme D. Eddie, Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections.