Finding Aid for the M. A. Zeitlin Collection of Reproduced Manuscripts in Spanish LSC.1264
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Title: M.A. Zeitlin Collection of Reproduced Manuscripts in Spanish
Creator:
Zeitlin, M.A. (Marion Albert)
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1264
Physical Description:
1.0 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1931-1993
Abstract: M. A. Zeitlin (1899-1993) was a professor in UCLA's Department of Spanish and Italian, founded the departmental program in
Portuguese, helped to develop a curriculum in Latin American studies, and was a member of the initial committee on Latin American
Studies. The collection consists of photographic copies and one transcription of manuscripts in Spanish.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in Spanish and English.
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
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Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Marion A. Zeitlin, October, 1980.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], M. A. Zeitlin Collection of Reproduced Manuscripts in Spanish (Collection 1264). UCLA Library Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Biography
Zeitlin was born on August 29, 1899 in Chicago. He moved to Arizona and attended the University of Arizona where he received
his B.A. in 1918. In 1920 he earned his M.A. from Stanford University. Zeitlin continued his study of French in Brussels and
at the Sorbonne. He accepted a teaching position at the University of California Southern Branch in 1925. Two years later,
he moved to Berkeley, and earned a Ph.D in romance languages with Spanish as a major from UC Berkeley in 1931. Zeitlin returned
to UCLA that same year as an assistant professor, later becoming chair of the Department of Spanish and Italian, as well as
a full professor. During his professorship, he founded the departmental program in Portuguese, helped to develop a curriculum
in Latin American studies, and was a member of the initial committee on Latin American Studies. In 1967 he was named Comendador
of the Ordem do Infante Dom Henrique by the Portuguese government and in 1968 he was awarded the title of Oficial of the Ordem
Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul. Additionally, he was awarded the UCLA Medal for Distinguished Service in 1980. After the death
of his wife Zell in 1967, he married Frances Kirschenbaum, the medieval and renaissance bibliographer at the UCLA University
Research Library. Zeitlin died on September 8, 1993.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of photographic copies and holograph transcriptions of manuscripts in Spanish. Works in this collection
of facsimiles include various books of the Bible, originally housed in the Escorial library of Spain, as well as other medieval
works from Isidore of Seville and Pedro López de Ayala.
Related Material
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Language teachers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles. Department of Spanish and Portuguese--Faculty -- Archives
Zeitlin, M.A. (Marion Albert)
box 1, folder 1
Bible, s. xiv
1, in Spanish, Escorial I.j.6, from Proverbs through Apocalypse, fol. 1-196v, on photographic prints (5x7").
box 1, folder 2
Bible, s. xiv
1, in Spanish, Escorial I.j.6, from Proverbs through Apocalypse, fol. 197-358, on photographic prints (5x7").
box 1, folder 2
Bible, s. xiv
1, in Spanish, various books, fol. 1 - 93v, on photographic prints (5x7").
box 1, folder 3
Bible, s. xiv
1, in Spanish, various books, fol. 94- 357v, on photographic prints (5x7").
box 1, folder 4
Holograph transcription, St. Isidore of Seville (ca. 560-636 C.E.),
De Summo Bono, n.d., on paper (5.5x8.5"), approx. 220 pp., unbound.
box 2, folder 1
López de Ayala, Pedro (1332-1407),
Rimado del Palacio, s. xv, on photographic prints (7x9.5"), fol. 1-141.
Scope and Contents note
Note: Facsimile of Ms. 4055 from the Biblioteca Nacional de España.
box 2
1López de Ayala, Pedro (1332-1407),
Razon del la Union de la Iglesia, n.d., fol. 68v-72r, holograph transcription on paper (9x5.5") and on photographic prints (7x9.5").
Scope and Contents note
Note: Facsimile of Esp. 216 from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
box 2, folder 2
22López de Ayala, Pedro (1332-1407),
Rimado del Palacio, n.d., Escorial III.h.19, fol. 1-79v, on photographic prints (7x9.5").
box 2, folder 3
23López de Ayala, Pedro (1332-1407),
Rimado del Palacio, n.d., Escorial III.h.19, fol. 80-161v, on photographic prints (7x9.5").
box 2, folder 4
24López de Ayala, Pedro (1332-1407),
Flores de los Morales de Job, s. xiv/xv, Escorial II.b.7, fol. 1-106v, on photographic prints (7x9.5").
Scope and Contents note
Note: Includes Ayala's excerpts from St. Gregory's
Moralia in Job.
box 2, folder 5
El Rimado de Palacio manuscript copy by Jose Luis Coy with holograph note written to Zeitlin by Coy and letter to Coy from
Zeitlin
1983-1984
box 2, folder 6
2St. Isidore of Seville (ca. 560-636 C.E.),
De Soberano Bien, n.d., on paper (9x6.5"), 112 pp., bound in green cloth hardcover with gilt spine title lettering.