IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS PHILL 15
Held at: University College London
Title: Zurich Regiment
Date(s): 17th century
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume containing 448 leaves
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Unknown.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume, 17th century: Von dem alten Regiment der Statt Zürich (on the ancient regiment of Zurich).
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: German
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Physical characteristics:
Paper manuscript bound in elaborately tooled vellum. Several hands. Many blank leaves. 33cm.
Finding aids:
Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935); handlist at University College London Special Collections.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
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 1208.
Immediate source of acquisition:
The Phillipps Manuscripts at University College London were given to the College by the German government in 1912.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Oct 2001