| AdminHistory | Vaud (in German Waadt) canton is in southwestern Switzerland, bordering France and the Jura Mountains to the west and Lake Geneva to the south. |
| CustodialHistory | The manuscript belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), baronet, an antiquary and bibliophile whose collection included c60,000 manuscripts of various kinds, some relating to the administration of Swiss towns. Various manuscripts were sold after Sir Thomas's death, some to the German government, and were dispersed to several libraries. Formerly Phillipps MS 1221. |