This manuscript assembles about 700 documents from the years
814-1242, which concern the administration of the Chapter and the
Cathedral of Lausanne. The compilation of the cartulary began
around 1202 and was completed in 1242; 5 files, dated 1250-1294,
were added later. The material structure of the manuscript is very
complex because of numerous additions to the original core, which
corresponds to the Livre censier du Chapitre cathédral de Lausanne
of about 1202. The manuscript contains various texts: the Annals of
Lausanne, a topographic cartulary, a chronological register, two
chronicles, an urbarium, the Chronicle of the Bishops of Lausanne
and the Cathedral’s necrology. The author of this valuable
collection is Conon d’Estavayer (before 1200-1243/1244), who
became Dean of the Cathedral in 1202. From 1216 until 1242, he
directly supervised the editing of the manuscript and the
organization of the documents.
Place
Preferred form
Lausanne. Chapter of the Cathedral Notre-Dame (Switzerland)
