Identity area
Reference code
NLW MS 441C
Title
Historical prophecies
Date(s)
- 16 cent. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
93 pp. (text begins p. 14, ends p. 72; many leaves blank) 265 x 390 mm.
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Signature of James Raine, Durham (librarian to the dean and chapter, secretary of the Surtees Society, etc., d. 1858) on fly-leaf
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A 16th century miscellaneous collection, in Latin and English, of historical prophecies in verse and prose attributed to Merlin, Thomas of Erceldoune and others; the text begins on p. 14 and ends on p. 72, with many blank leaves.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- lateng
Script of material
Language and script notes
Latin, English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Digital version available http://hdl.handle.net/10107/5193256 (May 2020)
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
For similar, though not identical, compilations, see H. L. D. Ward, Catalogue of Romances, vol. I, 1883, pp. 292-338.
Note
Creator ref. no.: Williams MS 219
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 441C
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
vtls004290692
GEAC system control number
(WlAbNL)0000290692