Record

StorageSite	UCL Special Collections
Level	Item
Reference Number	MS PHILL/91
Title	Coats of Arms (German)
Date	c16th century-c18th century
Description	Collection of 18 hand-drawn and coloured illustrations of German coats of arms, perhaps 16th, 17th, or 18th century.
Extent	18 folios
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 19919.
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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