Homer L. Bartlett Medieval Manuscript Fragments
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Homer Lewis Bartlett was a graduate of New York University at the University Heights campus. This collection consists of medieval and Renaissance fragments collected by Bartlett. This collection consists of manuscript fragments from the 10th through 18th centuries, the majority of which are in Latin and Biblical in nature. The collection also includes a small number of theological Greek fragments from the 13th through 15th centuries, 14th and 15th century fragments in Latin about music, a table of contents for a treatise on minerals and herbs, and the will of Joan Girard.
Biographical Note
Homer Lewis Bartlett was a graduate of New York University at the University Heights campus.
Arrangement
This collection has not been arranged by an archivist. Original order is unknown.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of medieval and Renaissance fragments collected by Homer L. Bartlett. This collection consists of manuscript fragments from the 10th through 18th centuries, the majority of which are in Latin and Biblical in nature. The collection also includes a small number of theological Greek fragments from the 13th through 15th centuries, 14th and 15th century fragments in Latin about music, an English-language table of contents for a treatise on minerals and herbs, and the will of Joan Girard.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Materials in this collection, which were created in 12th-17th centuries, are in the public domain. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Homer L. Bartlett Medieval Manuscript Fragments; MSS 535; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University.
Custodial History
The original provenance of these fragments is unknown. Homer Lewis Barlett, a graduate of New York University Heights, donated the manuscript fragments to the Heights Library in 1884. The items were transferred to the New York University Archives at some point after the sale of the Heights campus. In 1978 Bayrd Still, Director of the Archives Office transferred the manuscript fragments to the Fales Library.
Other Finding Aids
Materials in this collection are described on the item-level in Digital Scriptorium: http://www.digital-scriptorium.org/xtf3/search?rmode=digscript&smode=bid&bid=25&docsPerPage=30. Where applicable, items have notes containing a direct link to the Digital Scriptorium.
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Processing Information
In 2003 the album received conservation treatment, during which time the bindings and support from each of the fragments were removed, and the items were rehoused in archival folders, maintaining the original order of the items. The original boards and binding materials have been retained as part of the collection.
At the time of accessioning, materials were described on the collection-level.
In 2021, item-level description was added to the finding aid.
