Catalogus Translationum et Commentariorum records, 1946-1985

Creator:: Catalogus Translationum et Commentariorum
Extent:: 6 linear feet (11 boxes)
Language:: English , Italian , French , Greek, Modern (1453-) , Latin , German .
Scope and content:: Manuscripts, subject files, index cards, printed materials and microfilms relating to the CATALOGUS TRANSLATIONUM ET COMMENTARIORUM. The two manuscripts are contemporary and deal with the letters of St. Basil. The subject files include correspondence, notes, and printed materials providing largely biographical information on a wide range of medieval translators and commentators. The index cards list the present day locations of many relevant medieval and renaissance books and manuscripts. The printed materials include photostatic copies and negatives of medieval texts as well as catalog listings of and articles about these texts and their authors. The microfilms, some of which are negatives, are of some of the relevant medieval and renaissance works
Biographical / historical:: A catalog of all medieval and renaissance Latin translations of and commentaries on Latin and Greek classics from antiquity.

Acquisition information:

Source of acquisition--Brown, Professor Virginia. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--05/23/1990. Accession number--M-90-05-23.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Brown, Virginia. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--01/31/1992. Accession number--M-92-01-31.

Gift of Professor Virginia Brown, 1990 1992.

Processing information:

Processed JHR 08/28/1990.

Papers Processed HR 02/07/1992.

Arrangement:

Arranged. Box 1, Manuscripts & Subject files A-C; Box 2, Subject files E-M; Box 3, Subject files N-R; Box 4, Subject files S-Z; Box 5 & 6, Index cards; Box 7, Printed materials - Photocopies; Box 8, Printed materials - Negatives & offprints; Box 9, Microfilms; Box 10, Subject files A-Ve (1992 addition); Box 11, Subject files Vi-X (1992 addition).

Accruals:

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related material:

See also the papers of Paul Oskar Kristeller, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, which contain correspondence and records of the Executive Committee as well as manuscripts and a bibliography for Catalogus Translationum et Commentariorum, 1942-1986.

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection has no restrictions.

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Terms of access:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred citation:: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Catalogus Translationum et Commentariorum records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Location of this collection:: Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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