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StorageSite	UCL Special Collections
Level	Item
Reference Number	MS PHILL/32
Title	Vaud Customs
Date	17th century-18th century
Description	Manuscript volume, 17th or 18th century: Extrait du Coutumier du Pays de Vaud (extract from the customary of Vaud, with marginal comments).
Extent	1 volume containing 122 leaves
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 1239.
Acquisition	The Phillipps Manuscripts at University College London were given to the College by the German government in 1912.
AccessStatus	Open
AccessConditions	The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
FindingAids	Dorothy 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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