StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
LevelItem
Reference Number MS PHILL/24
TitleZurich Statutes
Date17th century
DescriptionManuscript volume, 17th century: Ordnungen und Satzungen der Stadt Zrich (Zurich regulations and statutes).
Extent1 volume containing 208 leaves
AdminHistoryZrich is a canton in northeastern Switzerland. It joined the Swiss Confederacy in 1351. The population is largely Protestant and the main language is German. Its capital is also called Zrich.
CustodialHistoryThe 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 1224.
AcquisitionThe Phillipps Manuscripts at University College London were given to the College by the German government in 1912.
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsThe papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
FindingAidsDorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935); handlist at University College London Special Collections.
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