| AdminHistory | The city of Fribourg (in German Freiburg) in western Switzerland, which lies on a loop in La Sarine (Saane) River, was founded by Berthold IV, duke of Zhringen, in 1157 to control a ford across the river. It passed to the sons of Rudolf of Habsburg in 1277 but was abandoned by the Habsburgs in 1452, when it accepted the suzerainty of the dukes of Savoy. Fribourg assisted the Swiss in defeating Charles the Bold of Burgundy at Grandson and Morat (Murten) in 1476 and was admitted to full membership in the Swiss Confederation in 1481. Occupied by the French in 1798, it became part of the Helvetic Republic and later a canton of the Swiss Confederation reconstituted by Napoleon's Act of Mediation in 1803. Fribourg is also the centre of Swiss Catholicism. Fribourg canton, made up of districts acquired by its capital city Fribourg, reached its present extent with the inclusion of Morat (Murten) in 1803. |
| 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 3410 and Engel MS. |