On 86 leaves of parchment, the Silver Book of the Land contains the
statutes of the entire region of Appenzell. It is an assemblage of
older legal texts; at a later time more recent statutes were added
to it. Following the division of the region of Appenzell that took
place in 1597, the book became the property of the Canton of
Appenzell Innerrhoden and remained valid into the 19th century.
Rich decorations consisting of miniatures and initials indicate the
great importance attributed to this volume.
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