Manuscript Summary:Together with the “Weissbuch” (KU 4a), this urbarium offers a comprehensive overview of the rights and possessions of the Cistercian Abbey, which reached its economic peak in the second half of the 15th century. Copies of documents and compilations of rights and dues, organized according to geographic criteria, demonstrate the size of the abbey’s possessions. The “Schwarzbuch” contains sources regarding possessions in the administrative area of Zofingen and Sursee, which reached into the Canton of Solothurn and the Basel area. After the dissolution of the monastery, this volume, along with the monastery archives, became part of the state archives in 1848.(jag)
Online Since: 03/22/2017
Luzern, Staatsarchiv, KU 4b
Paper · 291 ff. · 38.5 x 29 cm · Lucerne · around 1470
“Schwarzbuch” of St. Urban's Abbey
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Luzern, Staatsarchiv, KU 4b, Digital Colorchecker – “Schwarzbuch” of St. Urban's Abbey (https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/stalu/KU-0004b)