Those wishing to study at the University of Basel, founded in 1460,
had to enroll in the rector’s registry, take an oath of loyalty
and obedience, pay the tuition fee and — only with this did the
matriculation become valid — had to enroll in their faculty’s
register. In addition to the entries made by the deans, the
theological register of 1462-1740 contains the old as well as the
new faculty statutes.