Copies, in two different hands of the 17th century, of the statutes of the Royal College of Physicians of London. The statutes of 1647 (folio 1) are followed (folio 39) by an earlier set of statutes (not those of 1355) which have been emended to conform to those of 1647.

File

Identifier: Adv.MS.23.6.14

Scope and Contents

The title and the initials P D occur on folio i.

0.00 Linear metres (viii + 66 folios. Octavo.)

English

17th-century vellum binding, gilt stamped.

The manuscript was bought by the Advocates’ Library at the sale of Sir Robert Sibbald`s library in 1723.

Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.

For another copy of the statutes, see Adv.MS.23.6.4.

For the text of the statutes, see ‘History of the Royal College of Physicians of London’ by George N Clark (Oxford, 1964-1972), i, pages 393-417.

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