Lucerne, Lucerne corporation, p. 23 fol.

Description by Peter Kamber , August / September 2014, using the legends of

Peter RÜCK and Gottfried BOESCH , Text edition in: The Swiss Picture
Chronicle of the Lucerne Diebold Schilling 1513. Facsimile of the manuscript S 23 fol. in the
Central Library Lucerne, ed. by Alfred A. Schmid, Lucerne 1977-1981, Commentary, pp. 1-
533.

Manuscript title: Diebold Schilling : Federal Chronicle

Place of origin: Lucerne

Date of origin: 1511-1513

Alternative name: Lucerne shilling

Support: Parchment

Extent: 346 leaves

Format: 39-39.5 × 27.5-28.5 cm

Foliation: Old Foliierung II ( 13 / 14 ) -XXIIII ( 57 / 58 ). XXX ( 59 / 60 ) -xxxvii ( 73 / 74

). xxxviii ( 77 / 78 ) -lxxxxviiii ( 199 / 200 ). c ( 203 / 204 ) -cciii ( 409 / 410 ). CCIII ( 411
/ 412 ) -cclxiiii ( 533 / 534 ). cclxiiii ( 535 / 536 ) -cccxxviii ( 663 / 664). cccxxx ( 665 / 666
) -cccxxxviiii ( 683 / 684 ). Newer, in the following authoritative pagination I-IV. 1-688.

12 24 56 70 82 98 110
Collation: (I + 4) + (III-1 + 1) + 2 IV + (III + 1) + III + IV + III +
122 154 170 190 208 228
(II + 2) + 2 (III + 2 ) + IV + (IV + 2) + (IV + 1) + (IV + 2) + IV
244 324 388 406 470 490 586
+ 5 (III + 2) + 4 IV + (IV + 1) + 4 IV +V + 6 IV + 2 (IV + 1)
622 638 656 668 684
+ IV + (IV + 1) + (III + 1-1) + IV . Layer name in each case on the
recto side of the first sheet, visible b ( 139 ), c ( 155 ), d ( 173 ), g ( 229 , cf.).

Condition: . Before Bl 13 / 14 . And after Bl 663 / 664 missing 1 per sheet, loss of text.
Doppelbl. 31 / 32 / 33 / 34 and 217 / 218 / 219 / 220 bonded to the fold in the restoration;
Single sheets: 1 / 2 , 3 / 4 , 5 / 6 , 9 / 10 , 23 / 24 , 57 / 58, 111 / 112 , 113 / 114 , 135 / 136 ,
137 / 138 , 141 / 142 , 153 / 154 , 171 / 172 , 189 / 190 , 199 / 200 , 209 / 210 , 225 / 226 ,
245 / 246 , 255 / 256 , 261 / 262, 273 / 274 , 281 / 282 , 291 / 292 , 303 / 304 , 307 / 308 ,
309 / 310 , 323 / 324 , 389 / 390 , 589 / 590 , 617 / 618 , 653 / 654 , 663 / 664 ; in the
restoration of single sheets 3 / 4 and 5/ 6 glued together at a fold 309 / 310 and 323 / 324
combined into a double sheet; 389 / 390 to 405 / 406 adhered; The single sheet 171 / 172 may
connect with the restoration to the wrong location. Bl. 1 / 2 , 25 / 26 , 445 / 446 and 447 /
448 lower right corner torn; Holes and cracks partially sewn with white thread, z. B.101 / 102
, 329 / 330 , 417 / 418 , 625 / 626 .
Page layout: limiting the signature space with pen and ink signature space × 27.5-31.5 16.5-
20, from 419 / 420 partially Liniierung with pen, 48-59 lines.

Writing and hands: Younger Gothic book course by the hand Diebold Schillings d. J.

Decoration:

Classified (pp. 1 - 3 ), red headings.

S. 14 - 82 , 263 - 276 , 620 - 621 , 638 , 653 , 664 - 668 space for 3-5-line Lombards
recessed, not executed or subsequently added in black ( 19 , 22 , 23 ) or pen and ink
drawing ( 82 ).
P 83 - 260 , 278 - 619 , 623 - 636 , 640 - 651 , 657 - 663 , 670 - 683 3-5zeilige
Lombard, z. T. with ornamentally split shaft, point thickening, contour line or
patterned internal field (hatching, bud rows), fracture may muscles with ligament, or
Cadellen in red, red-black, green, blue, old rose or black, 145 with face, 152 with
quatrefoil pattern, 156 with bird, 211 , 232 and302 with golden flower, 296 with
flower pot in the inner field, 202 , 208 , 211 , 232 , 302 and 305 with grimaces in the
shaft recess, 208 with green dragon, 675 with face.
On the edges of flowers, fruits or twigs: 74 / 75 (cornflower, rose), 136 (wild chicory),
175 (Primrose), 177 (Margarite), 179 (strawberry), 181 (Carnation), 183 (cornflower),
185 (Daisies), 187 (lily of the valley), 189 (buttercup), 194 (bean flowers and pods),
229 (gold star or liverwort), 233 (strawberry), 236 (vetch), 237 (cornflower, daisy),
238 (scabiosa? )240 / 241 (violet, pink, beans flowers and -schoten), 243 (Gaderöteli,
Common Borage), 245 (forget-me-not, clove floor), 247 (crowfoot), 251 / 252 (yellow
lily), 261 / 262 (dough), 266 (Plantain?), 499 (leaf tendril); 80 , 117 , 169 and 194 fly,
245 Bee, 241 butterfly, 243 Rotkelchen, 74 / 75 Heart with dagger and arrow, 117 cup
lid, 172 skull with text volume from the beginning thinking din end ... sin 51 , 551
skull with year number 1513.
Image index:
Half- to full-page images of 2 hands in golden, silver, red, blue, green, yellow, brown,
old rose and black, z. T. ornamented and reliefed or inscribed (p. 21 , 39 , 617 )
frame; A hand Bl. 13 / 14 - 39 / 40 , 57 / 58 - 277 / 278 , 325 / 326 - 355 / 356 , 373 /
374 - 387 / 388 , 407 /408 - 453 / 454 , 491 / 492 - 505 / 506 , 523 / 524 - 569 / 570 ,
605 / 606 - 655 / 656 , 669 / 670 - 683 / 684 ; Hand B Bl. 41 / 42 - 55 / 56 , 279 / 280
- 323 / 324 , 357/ 358 - 371 / 372 , 389 / 390 - 405 / 406 , 455 / 456 - 489 / 490 , 507
/ 508 - 521 / 522 , 571 / 72 - 603 / 604 , 657 / 658 - 667 / 668 . Deckfarbenmalerei in
red, pink, maroon, blue, green, ocher, yellow, brown, black, gray, white, silver and
gold. P. 471/ 472 - 505 / 506 , 523 / 524 - 553 / 554 , 605 / 606 - 683 / 684 , the
images are in layers numbered.

P. Diebold Schilling presents his chronicle to the mayor and the council of
13 Lucerne (1513?)
P. Construction of the monastery church in the courtyard under the direction of
15 Abbot Wichard
P. View of Lucerne shortly after the foundation
18
P. The Conspirators of the Lucerne Mordnacht Are Surprised Under the
21 Guildhall to Tailors by a Boy (1343)
P. Federal Oath of the three countries and Lucerne on the wine market (1332)
22
P. Construction of the Franciscan Church in Lucerne (1369?)
23
P. Construction of St. Peters Chapel (1224)
24
P. In the presence of the messengers from the four Waldstätten, the citizens of
25 Zurich perform the federal oath (1351)
P. The Lucerne besiege and storm the castle Neuhabsburg (1352) with the help
26 of the original cantons
P. The Lucerne enter the town of Rothenburg (1385)
29
S. The Battle of Sempach (July 9, 1386)
32
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33
P. Tournament in Zofingen on the occasion of the transfer of fief by Duke
39 Rudolf IV of Austria to his vassals (1361)

P. Train of the Bremgartner in front of the small town Willisau and the
40 Hasenburg (?)
P. The confederates of Schwyz, Unterwalden, Lucerne, Zurich, Zug and Glarus
41 move against the town of Weesen am Walensee (1386?)
P. Representatives of the Confederation and the imperial cities are negotiating
42 for a ceasefire between Austria and the Confederates
P. The Glarner and their fellow-members are surprised and killed by the
43 Austrians allied with Weesen (1388)
P. Defeat of the southern German city union before Weill der Stadt (Döffingen),
44 mislaid by Schilling to Wil near St. Gallen
P. Battle of Näfels (1388)
45
P. Arrival of the Zurich against Rapperswil (1388)
47
P. The Lucerne, Zurich and Entlebuchers bombard the city of Baden (1389)
48
P. Battle of Zurich and Zug against Bremgartner troops at the village Lunkhofen
49 (1389)
P. Battle between Zugern and Austrians below the castle Hünenberg (1389)
50
P. King Sigmund to ship on the crusade against the Turks. Comet of the year
52 1400 (1394-1400)
P. Ritual murder of a boy by the Jews in Diessenhofen (1401)
53
P. Escape of German knights from Lombard peasants near Brescia (1402)
54
P. Appenzell farmers complain to monks about the misdeeds of the bailiffs of
56 the monastery of St. Gallen (1404)
P. Battle of the Appenzeller against the Austrians (1405)
58
P. King Ruprecht mediates in Constance between the Appenzellern and the
59 Abbot of St. Gallen
P. People from Schwyz and Zugerland are besieging the city of Zug to seize
61 banners and seals. Representatives of Uri, Unterwalden, Lucerne, Zurich and
Glarus come to mediate (1408)
P. Construction of the Lucerne fortifications on Musegg and erection of the
62 Spreuerbrücke with the Judenturm (1409)
P. The confederates of the 8 places without Bern move across the Gotthard into
63 Ashenvale (1410)
P. A writer reads the Appenzellern in the presence of representatives of the 7
64 places the federal certificate. Many foreign birds settle in the woods around
Bremgarten (1411)
P. King Sigmund (in golden armor) appears with entourage in Asti to defeat the
66 plot against him planned by Hans von Froberg (1412)
P. Pope John XXIII. secretly leaves Konstanz to meet Duke Friedrich of Austria
68 (1415)
P. Excerpt from the participants after the end of the Council of Constance
70 (1418)
P. Jew burning to Augsburg [Ravensburg] 1422 [1429]
71
P. Taking Bellinzona by Milanese troops (1422)
72
S. Battle of Arbedo (June 30, 1422)
74
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75
P. During a banquet in Ulm, Chancellor King Sigmund reads a tournament letter
77 from the Sultan (1430)
P. The Märchler, marked with the Austrian cross, swear loyalty to the Hellenic
79 Schwyzern (1437)
P. The army of the Uri, Unterwaldner, Lucerne and Zuger flies the inhabitants
80 of Zurich (1443)
P. The Uri, Unterwaldner and Lucerne get the Letzi am Horgerberg in their
81 power (1443)
P. Defeat and retreat of the Rapperswiler, who attacked the Schwyz near
82 Freienbach (1443)
P. The Confederates of Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Lucerne, Zug and Glarus are
83 forcing Zurich back against their city (1443)
P. Unterwaldner-, Lucerne-, Zuger- and Glarnertruppen meet Bernern and
84 Solothurnern together and start to attack together the Mellingen on the Reuss
(1443)
P. Zurich defeated St. Jakob at the Sihl against the troops of Uri, Schwyz,
86 Unterwalden, Zug and Glarus (1443)
P. Brand of rows of houses on the Weggisgasse in Lucerne, in the foreground
87 the Hofbrücke, in the background the eastern Museggtürme (1444)
P. The crew of the Zurich town of Greifensee is led out of the castle after the
89 capitulation by the besiegers and beheaded (1444)
P. During the siege of Zurich, Thomas von Falkenstein and Herr von Rechberg
90 left with a troop of people and invaded Brugg at night (1444).

P. Bernese, Solothurner and a contingent of the besiegers of Zurich under Anton

91 Hofstetter of Lucerne besiege the Farnsburg (1444)

P. The confederates push the Armagnaks across the Birs back to the infirmary of
93 St. Jacob (1444)
S. A group of Confederates throws themselves against the will of the captains at
94 St. Jacob on the Birs in the battle against the Armagnacs (1444)
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95
P. Raid of the Armagnacs along the Rhine into the Sundgau (1444)
96
P. After the demolition of the siege of Farnsburg Berner and Solothurner pull
97 against Laufenburg and besiege and shoot at the town (1444)
P. The Confederates break off the siege of Zurich after news of the defeat at St.
98 Jacob on the Birs (1444)
P. The Schwyzers move to Rapperswil (1445)
99
P. Collision of the six villages with the Austrians under the Frauenfelder flag
100 (1445)
P. The Basler devastate the Sundgau (1445)
101
P. Basel and the six places besiege the city of Rheinfelden (1445)
102
P. The city of Basel, in the foreground camps and army of the Austrians, who
103 besieged the reinforced Kleinbasel under Duke Albrecht towards the end of
the council (1445)
P. Assembly of the councils appointed by Ludwig, Count Palatine near Rhine
105 for the day of mediation to Konstanz (1446)
P. The imprisoned in Heidelberg Pope John XXIII. the tiara is taken off the
106 head by a cardinal (1415)
P. King Sigmund enters solemn procession in the Hofkirche of Lucerne (1417)
108
P. At the "Great Savior" in front of the outer Weggistor, the mayor of Lucerne
110 presents the keys of the city to the retiring King Sigmund after an ancient
ritual for royal receptions (1417)
P. In front of a gate in Basel, the mayor presents the keys of the city to king
112 Sigmund, who is preparing to open the council (1432)

P. Through a village in central Switzerland with wooden houses a funeral

113 procession moves to the parish church, in the sky solar eclipse (1448)
P. Battle of the Confederates under the flags of Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden,
114 Lucerne, Zug, Glarus and the House of Gods Union against Austrians and
South Tyroleans near Ragaz (1446)
P. The Austrians plunder the city of Rheinfelden at night (1446)
116
P. In the holy year 1452 Friedrich III. accompanied by the Confederates in
117 Rome to be crowned by the Pope as Emperor
P. A group of confederates supports Jörg Beck von Isny at the Buchberg near
118 Kempten against the abbot of Kempten (1460)
P. The Sacramental Wonders of Ettiswil. Top left: the Gothic choir of the
119 church of Ettiswil; upper right: The thief carries the host from the church;
bottom left: She throws the sacrament into a nettle bush; bottom right: two
angels appear and worship the host transformed into a white flower (1447)
P. The Sacramental Wonders of Ettiswil. Top left: a swineherd discovers the
120 miracle; above right: the vicar of Ettiswil holds the wafer in a golden vessel;
bottom left: in a solemn procession, the sacrament is returned to the parish
church; bottom right: At the site is an open wooden chapel, where worshipers
worship the host enclosed in a golden monstrance (1447)
P. Anna Vögtlin , the hostess-thief, is burned as a witch at the lower gate in
121 front of the small town Willisau (1447)
P. The "Arbedodenkmal" in the Lucerne Peterskapelle: two wild men hold over
123 the chained crests of Uri and Lucerne the Reichswappen
P. Simultaneous representation of events that are considered as a consequence of
124 two comets: double-headed calf, abortions, blood and meat rain on Rome,
earthquake of Naples (1456)
P. Behind the Musegg Wall the city scribe reads Lucerne's invitation to the
125 Schützenfest in Konstanz, which a messenger has delivered (1458)
P. Schützenfest in Konstanz, on the right in front of the Kreuzlinger Tor the
126 melee between Confederates and Swabians for the Bernese Pfennig coin
(1458), rejected as a "Kuhplappart"
P. Lucerne and Unterwaldner besiege as a punishment for the insults suffered in
127 Konstanz the castle Weinfelden (1460)
P. Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden and Lucerne besiege the Austrian town of
128 Diessenhofen (1460) at the behest of the pope
P. Warriors from the 8 places (without Bern and Glarus) burn on their train
129 from Diessenhofen to Fussach a village and a castle (1460)
P. Brand of Pfistergasse in Lucerne. View of the district on the left of the Reuss
130 with Spreuerbrücke, Judenturm with four round-core, Baslertor, Sentitor, left
Bruchtorturm and Krienbachmündung (1462)
P. A miller, who secretly wanted to involve the Bernese in the town of
131 Rheinfelden, is quartered in the presence of the judge and a messenger (1464)
P. Mainz Stift feud: Riders and foot servants of the Count Palatine of the Rhine,
132 who supported Adolf von Nassau , attack the chariot castle of Dietrich von
Isenburg (1472, right 1462)

P. Mainz Stiftfehde: cavalry battle between Count Palatine Friedrich and the
133 army of Margrave Charles of Baden , the Bishop of Metz and Count Ulrich of
Württemberg (1472, right 1462)

P. Mainz Stift feud: Ludwig der Schwarzen von Pfalz-Simmern moves

134 victorious to Mainz (1472, right 1462)
P. Allegorical depiction of the reconciliation between Lucerne and Bern after
135 border disputes (1421)
P. Bilgeri von Heudorf unsettles by his outrages the Hegau, right Schaffhausen
136 with Rhine Falls
P. As a punishment for denying allegiance to Lucerne, the majority of the male
137 population is transferred from Weggis in Nauen to Lucerne (1380).
P. After the Uri, Schwyzer and Unterwaldner mediation, the Lucerne release the
138 trapped Weggiser in front of the courtyard gate again. Right, the Hofbrücke,
in the middle Hoftor and Peterskapelle, left the Kapellbrücke. The
Baghartsturm (1396) is missing
P. Six-plague-war: The poor servant Küeffer Hans [Hermann Klee] with the
139 hand-ax on his back says goodbye to the unjust mayor on the market square
of Mulhouse, accompanied by a councilman with a knot (1465/66)
P. Six-plague war: Küffer Hans leaves the inn in Brunnstadt through the back
140 door, while a messenger from Mulhouse, who should hand over the remaining
wage to the deceived, negotiates with the innkeeper (1465/66)
P. Six-plague war: the cheated Küffer Hans sells his claim to the Junker Peter
141 von Regisheim, who is riding for a hunt (1465/66)
P. Six-plague-war: The Council of Mulhouse meeting under the judicial lime
142 rejects the demand of the Junkers of Regisheim brought by a ragged
messenger (1465/66)
P. Six-plague war: The rejected by Mülhauser Council messenger Junkers von
143 Regisheim turns with his complaint to Thüring von Hallwil, the governor of
Ensisheim , who strolls with his wife in front of the town (1465/66)

P. Sechsplappartkrieg. The messengers of the junker of Regisheim and the

144 governor of Hallwil deliver to the council members of Mulhouse the feudal
letters attached to messenger poles (1465/66)
P. Six-plague-war: The mayor of Bern , accompanied by the saint, accepts the
146 request for help from the Mülhauser messengers
P. Count Ludwig von Lichtenberg , who is involved in inheritance disputes with
147 his brother Jakob, successfully besieges the city of Neuweiler (1463)
P. The atrocities of Richard von Hohenburg : Mr. Richard and his servant drown
148 a boy
P. Waldshuterkrieg: troops from the 8 towns and from Solothurn meet on the ox
149 field to fight against the rebellious Sundgauer knights together with the
Mülhausern (1468)
P. Waldshuterkrieg: A supply truck, which is to bring from Mulhouse coming to
151 the Confederates in the Sundgau replenishment, is attacked by 300 knights.
These are but slain or driven to flight (1468)
P. Waldshuterkrieg: On the way home from the Sundgau the Confederates
153 bombard the town of Waldshut (1468)
P. Archduke Sigmund of Austria hands Karl the Bold the pledge deed for
154 Alsace, the Breisgau, the Sundgau and the four Rhine groves (1469)
P. Comets announce disaster: A funeral procession approaches the parish church
155 adorned with a picture of Christophorus, flames rise from a monastery (1472)
P. Confederate merchants on the way to the Frankfurt Fair are captured by the
156 Lords of Geroldseck and taken to the town of Schuttern (1473)
P. The Strasbourg citizens rush to help the imprisoned confederates and force
157 the inhabitants of Schutter to surrender (1473)
P. The Bishop of Sion, Walther uff der Flüe , has his followers from Valais
158 swear allegiance to the representatives of Uri, Unterwalden and Lucerne
(1473)
P. Peter von Hagenbach , the bailiff appointed by Karl the Bold over the
159 pledged Austrian territories on the Upper Rhine, can swear allegiance to the
new subjects (1469)
P. In front of a shrine in front of the town of Breisach, Peter von Hagenbach
160 arbitrarily decapitated a man (1469)
P. Peter von Hagenbach prevents the Swiss ambassadors under the leadership of
161 the Bernese bishop Niklaus von Diessbach , their concerns to the in Basel
Emperor Friedrich III. to be performed (1473)
P. The boy accused of theft Hans Hegenheim is drowned by the hangman of
162 Zurich in the Reuss (1470)
P. The citizens of Breisach obey their captain, the tailor Friedrich Vögeli , the
163 oath of allegiance (1474)
P. On the market square of Breisach, Peter von Hagenbach takes on a poor
164 bourgeois daughter on Good Friday, while the Breisacher go to church (1474)
P. Peter von Hagenbach orders the citizens of Breisach to serve at the
165 churchyard Frondienst at Easter (1474)
P. The citizens of Breisach make the required delivery service at Easter.
167 Friedrich Vögeli and his allies capture the hated Vogt (1474)

P. The federal ambassadors move in over the bridge in Breisach. Here they meet
168 with the ambassadors of Duke Sigmund , the towns and landscapes (1474)
P. The accused Peter von Hagenbach is led by Friedrich Vögeli in the court
169 meeting on the town square of Breisach (1474)
P. Execution of Peters von Hagenbach (1474)
172
P. The emissaries of the Confederates will read the text of the "Eternal
174 Direction" between the House of Habsburg and the Confederates. In the
adjoining room the deposit to be paid to Karl the Bold is recounted for
Alsace, Breisgau and Sundgau (1474)
P. In Lucerne's town hall, the magnificently dressed ambassadors of King Louis
175 XI try . to establish an alliance between France and the Confederates before

the representatives of the inner cities (1474)

P. The swollen after a violent thunderstorm and wood-leading Krienbach ripped
177 away the protective gate and the bridge between Barfüssertor and Ketzerturm
and flooded the small town. Schilling links the thunderstorm with the
Pilatussage (1473)
P. Burgundian Wars: Charles the Bold besieges and bombards the city of Neuss
178 (1474)
P. Burgundian wars: The Confederates, supported by troops from Basel,
179 Strasbourg, Colmar and Schlettstadt, routed the army of Duke Charles the
Bold and his Milanese reinforcements (1474)

P. Heavy hail over Lucerne. The Baghartsturm burned down in the form shown
180 here in 1495 and was replaced by the still preserved round tower (1475)
P. Burgundian Wars: Bernese and Friborg troops pull drums and whistles from
181 Freiburg to Savoy territory (1475)
P. Burgundian Wars: Lucerne troops move through the Baslertor to Grandson to
182 support the Bernese and Friborgians (1475)
P. Burgundian Wars: After the capture of Grandson, Berner, Solothurn,
183 Freiburger and Lucerne besiege and bombard Orbe (1475)
P. Burgundian wars: The Bernese town youth receives the Lucerne returning
185 from Grandson and Orbe with flags bearing the Bernese coat of arms on one
side and the Lucerne coat of arms on the other (1475)
P. Burgundian Wars: The Count of Romont moves with troops to the town of
186 Yverdon, which he believes threatened by the Confederates (1475)
P. Burgundian wars: Confederates prepare to march off in a Savoyard village.
187 At the back, Berner and Freiburg pull together against a city (1475)
P. Burgundian Wars: War Council of the Lucerne, Freiburger, Bernese and
188 Solothurn captains who decide to keep Yverdon and Grandson as bases, but to
burn down Jougne and Orbe (1475)
P. Robbery in Basel on an old rich couple, his maid and a little girl. A
189 Barfüssermönch in Rome confessed the crime much later (1475)
P. In Basel, the corpse of Archbishop Andreas Zamometic of Carniola , who had
190 killed himself, dragged on the rope from prison. The Preacher's Monk had
struck his call to the Council against the Pope at the Cathedral Tower (1484)
P. Burgundian wars: Savoyard forces secretly invade Yverdon federally occupied
192 at night and set it on fire (1476)
P. Burgundian Wars: Burgundian troops go into position before Grandson
194 (1476)
P. Burgundian Wars: The Confederates and their allies gather in Neuchâtel
196 (1476)
P. Burgundian Wars: The Confederates and their Allies Move from Neuchâtel to
197 Grandson (1476)
S. Burgundian Wars: Battle of Grandson (1476)
200
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201
P. Burgundian wars: The loot of Grandson is kept until its distribution in the
202 Lucerne Water Tower (1476)
P. Burgundian wars: The Confederates find in the forest near Grandson the
204 confederate occupation of the Burgundians (1476)
P. Burgundian wars: The Burgundian army with the recruited English archers
205 again moves in front of Grandson (1476)
P. Burgundian Wars: The Confederates storm Grandson again and throw the
206 Burgundian occupiers from the walls and towers in retaliation for the hanged
comrades (1476)
P. Burgundian Wars: The Confederates divide the conquered Burgundian guns
207 on the battlefield of Grandson three days after the victory (1476)
P. Burgundian wars: Charles the Bold holding a reminder from the Pulpit down
209 to the train to Murten from the pulpit pulled down before Lausanne
Burgundian troops (1476)
P. Look into the Ranft gorge: Niklaus von Flüe is tried by a demon, beyond the
210 Melchaa the hermitage of brother Ulrich , one of Lucerne messengers to
Brother Klaus led

P. Constance diocesan dispute: on the right, the cathedral chapter assembled in

211 the choir of the Minster sets its candidate Otto von Sonnenberg on the altar,
on the left the opponent candidate, Ludwig von Freiberg , receives the letter
of appointment from the hand of the pope (1474-1480)
P. Burgundian wars: A crowd of 500 Swiss gunmen and halberdiers move to
212 Freiburg (1476)
P. Burgundian Wars: Siege of Murten. Right behind the ducal main camp, on the
214 hill Karl's wooden tent house, in the background the monastery Münchenwiler
(1476)
P. Burgundian wars: Burgundian security guards catch the Swiss scouts who
215 come out of the forest (1476)
S. Burgundian Wars: Battle of Murten. The picture is based on the great Battle
218 of 1480 in Freiburg City Hall, which was also available in Lucerne copy
/ (1476)
219
P. Burgundian Wars: After winning the battle, the Confederates distribute the
221 captured guns (1476)
P. Burgundian wars: After the Battle of Murten, the Confederates march through
223 the Vaud, plundering and burning (1476)
P. Burgundian Wars: Duke René II of Lorraine promotes the aid of the
225 Confederates in the defense of Nancy, Schultheiss Peter Ruost dictates the
contract (above). At the Schifflände in front of the Freienhof the Duke
throws coins at the children (1476)
P. Burgundian Wars: The army of Charles the Bold besieges the city of Nancy
227 (1476)
P. Burgundian wars: The federal troops recruited by the Duke of Lorraine
229 hurrying past the institution of St. Jakob to Basel (1476)
P. Burgundian wars: view of Basel from the Kleinbasler side. About 140
231 drunken federal soldiers are drowning while embarking on Christmas Eve in
the floods of the Rhine (1476)
P. Burgundian Wars: The Duke of Lorraine inspects the Swiss soldiers (1476/77)
233
P. Burgundian Wars: The Confederates and their allies kill the Burgundians who
236 had entrenched themselves in the village of St. Niklausen on the Moselle
(1477)
S. Burgundian Wars: The Confederate troops and the mounted rearguard of the
238 allies from Strasbourg, Basel, France and Austria set out from St. Niklausen.
/ At the head of the train Hans Schindler of Arth and Jörg Schriber of
239 Frauenfeld . Battle Prayer with "Certified Poor" (1477)

S. Burgundian Wars: Battle of Nancy (1477)

240
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241
P. Burgundian Wars: The victors invade the Burgundian camp after winning the
242 battle (1477)
P. Burgundian Wars: The victorious confederates move in Basel (1477)
243
P. In the large council chamber of the Lucerne Town Hall, the messengers of the
245 Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus in Lucerne conclude an aid treaty against
the Turks (above) with the 8 Old Towns, Solothurn and Freiburg. Lucerne
messenger Jacob Jeger is deprived of letters destined for King Matthias
Corvinus at Schloss Oberheim near Linz (bottom) (1479)

P. King Matthias Corvinus knights Lucerne Minister Melchior Russ during a

246 solemn mass in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna (1478)
P. In the large council chamber of the Lucerne town hall, the papal envoy
248 Gentilis de Spoleto negotiates an alliance between Pope Sixtus IV and the

Confederates (above) against the Turks . The Legate, accompanied by the

Provost Peter Brunnenstein , is solemnly received in front of the Hofkirche

(1479)
P. Led by the messenger Berns, the Freiburg and Solothurn ambassadors return
250 to Lucerne after receiving their requests for admission to the Confederation in
order to hear the reply of the Confederates. View of Lucerne overlooking the
Basler Gate and the Spreuer Bridge (1477)
P. Lucerne city scribe reads the sealed Federal certificate to Lucerne, Berne and
251 Zurich to the messenger from Freiburg and Solothurn (1477)
P. The 8 Old Towns Advise in the Town Hall of Stans on the Admission of
252 Freiburg and Solothurn into the Bund (1481)
P. On the village square of Stans, men wait for the outcome of the daily
254 deliberations (1481)
P. Stanser Kommommennis: During the Diet, Pastor Am Reason of Stans rushed
256 to Brother Klaus in the Ranft to solicit his award (above). The companion of
Pastor Am Grund announces to the members of the Diet the opinion of
Brother Klaus , while Am Grund himself prevents the Unterwaldner Weibel

from communicating the decision previously made to the waiting people

(1481)
P. Amstaldenhandel: Under the village linden tree of Schüpfheim, Peter
258 Amstalden , governor and innkeeper, and his journeymen will dine and talk

about his rebellious plans against the city of Lucerne. In the foreground the
city official notes the statements of some scouts (1478)
P. Amstaldenhandel: Peter Amstalden is imprisoned on the Kapellplatz in
259 Lucerne on the orders of the council of city servants (1478)
P. Amstaldenhandel: Under threat of torture, Amstalden confesses his planned
262 raid on Lucerne in the open clerestory of the Wasserturm (1478)
P. Amstaldenhandel: The entlebucher teams invited to the large dealings on the
263 day of interest in the autumn fair after the Leodegarstag move into the city
through the Baslertor (1478)
P. Amstaldenhandel: On the day of the right called by the Lucerne Council, the
265 Unterwald messengers claim not to be involved in the project of Amstalden
(1478)
P. Amstaldenhandel: Peter Amstalden is granted the milder death by decapitation
266 instead of the planned quarter (1478)
P. The new Valais Bishop Jost von Silenen solemnly rides into his royal
268 residence (1482)
P. The inhabitants of Werdenberg swear allegiance to the first Lucerne bailiff,
269 Ulrich Feiss (1485)

P. Fire of the Bernese Lenzburg (1419)

270
P. In front of Crevola in Ashenvale, the Confederates fighting on the side of the
272 Valais are pushed across the bridge and put to flight (1487)
P. The Duke of Milan reads the letter of complaint of the Confederates, which a
273 Lucerne runner has delivered. The Lucerne complain about the mistreatment
of Swiss traders in the Duchy of Milan (1478)
P. The Confederates besiege in December 1478 in vain Bellinzona, in which the
275 Duke of Milan has entrenched
P. Battle of Giornico (1478)
277
P. King Louis XI. receives on the fall bridge of Chalons-sur-Saône the Swiss
279 mercenary of the 8 old places (1480)
P. Knight Richard von Hohenburg from Strasbourg, who had drowned a boy
280 (see p. 148 ) and escaped from imprisonment, will be admitted as a citizen in
Zurich at his request and will serve as a citizen before the Council (1480).
P. The Lucerne Frischhans Theiling , the hero of Giornico, who had mocked
281 Zurich and his mayor Waldmann , is beheaded despite the advocacy of the
Lucerne Council (1487)
P. Inspired by Richard von Hohenburg , the Zurich people prepare for a
283 vendetta against Strasbourg (1482)
P. Richard von Hohenburg and his favorite Anton Mätzler are burned in front of
285 the guild representatives in Zurich (1482)
P. A delegation of the monastery Ottobeuren with Jörg Beck of Isny at the top
286 promotes the Lucerne Council against the will of the Bishop of Augsburg to
the inclusion in Burgrecht (1479)
P. The impostor Claus Ring, Glockengiesser from Willisau , is drowned in
288 Constance at the request of Lucerne in the Rhine (1486)
P. King Maximilian camps in Frankfurt for several weeks after his election
289 before moving to Aachen for the coronation (1486)
P. Coronation of King Charles VIII of France in Reims (1483)
290
P. The rebellious farmers of Engelberg are surprisingly captured by a squad
291 from the shields of the monastery, Lucerne, Schwyz and Unterwalden (1486
or 1487)
P. The mayor of Zurich , Hans Waldmann , has all farm dogs removed so that
293 they do not get disturbed while hunting (1489)
P. The Storchenwirt Clewi Hass stabs in front of Waldmann one of the Mayor's
295 companions, thus triggering the uprising against Waldmann (1489)
P. Zurich citizens and peasants from the villages of Zurich draw armed in front
297 of the town hall, where Waldmann and the federal messengers are gathered,
and demand the extradition of the mayor (1489)
P. Waldmann is beheaded on the scaffold in front of the city of Zurich (1489)
299
P. The unfaithful councils of Archduke Sigmund of Austria , who transferred
300 land and castles without his knowledge, are expelled from the city of
Innsbruck (1487)
P. The Abbot of St. Gallen, Ulrich Rösch, steps with two monks and two
302 advocates before the City Council to enforce the authorization to restore the
monastery and to defend its rights (1487)
P. The St. Gallen and Appenzell storm the monastery Rorschach (1489)
304
P. The troops of the four screen locations of the monastery of St. Gallen,
306 Zurich, Lucerne, Schwyz and Uri [Glarus] move in Gossau (1490)
P. The House of God, who have to comply with the will of the Shelter, obey in
307 Gossau obedience (1490)
P. The Council of Lucerne welcomes the Obwaldner Legation, led by Captain
309 Hans von Flüe, at the Fischmarkt (today: Weinmarkt)
P. The runners of the four screen locations of the St. Gallen Monastery carry the
312 letter of rejection to the gates of St. Gall (1490)
P. The troops of the six places besiege St. Gallen (1490)
314
P. The priest Peter Dane sells to the Jew Elihart in Sternberg two consecrated
316 hosts that begin to bleed after stabbing. In the background, the Jews convicted
by the Dukes of Mecklenburg are burned (1492)
P. At Ensisheim a meteorite falls on a field (1492)
317
P. A Venetian ship, on which two Lucerne Jerusalem pilgrims, Hans von
318 Meggen and Hans Schürpf , is captured by a Turkish pirate ship (1497)

P. Charles VIII of France marries the humpbacked daughter of Emperor

319 Maximilian, Margaret of Burgundy (1492)

P. Charles VIII , just divorced from Margaret of Burgundy , abducts Anna of

320 Brittany , the wife of Maximilian (1491)

P. The Swiss messengers mediate in the camp of Nantes between Maximilian

321 and Charles VIII (1491)
P. The young Milanese Duke Gian Galeazzo Maria Sforza suddenly collapses
322 dead at the blackboard (1494)
P. Ludovico, il Moro ' , the guardian of the late Gian Galeazzo Sforza , rides in
323 Milan as the new Duke (1494)
P. Swabian knights went to a conference of the Swabian League in a city
325
P. Charles VIII of France moves through Confederate mercenaries in order to
327 assert his rights of succession in Naples (1494)
P. Confederate mercenaries recruited by the Duke of Orléans move to Novarre
329 (1495)
P. The freak of Rottweil. The presentation is probably based on a leaflet (1494)
330
P. The French ambassador Antoine de Baissey , who wants to recruit new troops
332 on behalf of Charles VIII, is received in Lucerne in front of the Baslertor by
an honor guard
P. In the Luzerner Ratsstube, the federal messengers get their French pension
333 money in their hats
P. Charles VIII rides on his second train to Naples
334
P. A lightning strike destroys part of the Luzerner Hofbrücke (1495)
335
P. Federal messengers file a border dispute between Bern and Solothurn with a
336 ruling announced in Zofingen (1498)
P. A Lombard priest stabs in Sion the canon Andreas von Silenen . The interior
337 of the church is reminiscent of the old Lucerne Court Church (1486)
P. Swiss mercenaries in the service of Charles VIII help the Venetians to besiege
338 a Lombard city
P. Bishop Jost von Silenen flees from customs
340
P. The Sitten Bishop Niklaus Schiner hands over the episcopal dignity to his
341 nephew Matthew , the later Cardinal, who is elected left of the Wallisern to
their chief shepherd and sovereign (1499)
P. Duke Louis of Orleans , the nephew and heir of Charles VIII, leaves his uncle
342 who collapses dead at the meal (1498)
P. The Milanese ambassador Giovanni Morosini promotes in the Lucerne
343 Council Chamber on behalf of Duke Ludovico Moros Swiss mercenary for
the fight against the new French king Louis XII. on (1498)
P. The cheater Stoffel am Acher is beheaded in Uri
344
P. Battle between Aragonese troops and Swiss mercenaries on the alleged train
345 of Louis XII. to Naples
P. The Milanese envoy Tommaso Torniello tries to prevent an advertising
346 alliance between the Confederates and France in the city hall of Lucerne.
Diebold Schilling takes part in the negotiations as an interpreter

P. Solemn greeting of the Archbishop of Sens, the envoy of King Louis XII, in
348 Lucerne
P. The Bishop of Chur, Heinrich von Hewen , negotiates with King Maximilian
350 on the way to his wedding with Bianca Maria Sforza in Innsbruck. In the
stable next door, Maximilian's horses and his luggage burn with the silverware
(1494)

P. Diebold Schilling rescues Jakob Kessler , sentenced to death by wheels , who

352 admitted under torture a murder in Lenzkirch, which he had not committed at
all (1495)
P. Swabian War: The untrue councils of King Maximilian pass without his
353 knowledge to a runner a sealed letter to the Swabian League (1499)
P. Swabian War: Ambushed Messengers report to the Grisons troops before the
355 Tyrolean Glurns about their deliberations with the royal councilors on the
occasion of the meeting of Feldkirch (1499)
P. Swabian war: Swabian mercenaries, who invaded the Rhine Valley via the
357 Luziensteig, invaded a town in the Grisons (Maienfeld?) (1499)
P. Swabian War: Uri help the Grisons against the Swabians (1499)
358
P. Swabian war: The Confederates beat the Swabian mercenaries at Hard (TG),
360 in the background the Waldgauers swear allegiance to the Confederates (1499)
P. Swabian War: Count Palatine Philip at the Rhine tries in vain to mediate
361 between King Maximilian and the Confederates (1499)
P. Swabian War: In Bruderholz near Basel Lucerne, Berner and Solothurner beat
362 the Swabian troops from the Sund and Breisgau, Laufenburg, Rheinfelden
and Säckingen (1499)
P. Swabian war: The Swabian troops fire and burn the village of Sennwald and
364 the 'red church' where a host remains intact on the altar (1499)
P. Swabian War: Swabian troops attack surprisingly from the lake the
365 confederate crew of Ermatingen (1499)
P. Swabian War: The victorious Swabian Landsknechts pull against Constance
366 with two Lucerne guns captured at Ermatingen (1499)
S. Swabian War: Battle of Schwaderloh (1499)
368
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369
P. Swabian War: The News of the Swabian Defeat Arrives in Constance (1499)
370
P. Swabian war: women and priests from Constance search for dead and
371 wounded relatives on the battlefield with the permission of the Confederates
(1499)
P. Swabian War: Marauding Swabian mercenaries are driven back to their ships
372 at Horn by the Confederates and shelled. In the background Constance and the
Reichenau (1499)
P. Swabian War: The population and occupation of Tiengen are dragged out of
374 the burning town in their shirts, under the supervision of the Confederates.
The captains of the Swabian occupation, J unker Hans von Baldegg and Hans
Dietrich von Blumenegg , flee back into the forest (1499)

P. Swabian War: Prisoner exchange before Rappoltsweiler (?). Peter Russ , the
375 brother of the Lucerne mayor Hans Russ , is exchanged for two noblemen
from Tiengen imprisoned by the Confederates (1499)
P. Swabian war: Before Frastanz beat the Swiss the Swabians. At the front lies
377 their guide, the Urner Reislaufer Heini Wolleb , slain on the ground (1499)
P. The guns requested by the French King of the Diet arrive in Solothurn
378
P. Swabian war: Swabian horsemen from Hegau light the village of Thayngen
379 and blow up the church tower into which the population had fled (1499)
P. Swabian War: On the campaign of revenge through the Hegau conquer the
381 castles and villages and burn them up (1499)
P. Swabian War : King Maximilian admonishes the representatives of the
383 imperial cities to support him against the Confederates (1499)
P. Swabian War: The confederates put the town of Habsheim on fire (1499)
384
P. Passers-by see from the Lucerne Reuss Bridge a kite that swims down the
385 river. In the sky a bull's head, which was seen in Alsace (1499)
P. Swabian War: The Graubünden fight on the Calven near Taufers against a
386 superior power of Austrians (1499)
P. Swabian War: Swiss Confederates and St. Gallers Capture an Enemy Catering
387 Ship at Constance (1499)
P. Swabian War: A messenger from the Duke of Milan, Ludovico il Moro ,
388 delivers a letter to the mayor of Lucerne asking for escort for his journey to
mediate between the Confederates and King Maximilian
P. Swabian War: The Milanese envoy Gian Galeazzo Visconti moves through the
390 Baseltor in Lucerne (1499)
P. Schwabenkrieg: At the daily convention in Zurich, the Swiss expect the
392 report on the mediation negotiations of the Milanese ambassador with
Maximilian in Constance (1499)

P. Swabian War: Overpowering Swabian Landsknechts Overruns the Occupation

393 of Rheineck, Most of the Confederates Perish (1499)
P. Swabian war: The Milanese ambassador Gian Galeazzo Visconti rides from
394 Constance arriving in Zurich to report on the Diet (1499)
S. Swabian War: Battle of Dornach (1499)
396
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397
P. Swabian War: The Lucerne lead the rifle captured at Dornach through the
398 Basler Gate (1499)
P. Swabian War: The Milanese Legation delivers the message of King
400 Maximilian (1499) to the Diet in Zurich

P. Swabian war: Cattle robbery of the Confederates at Altenhewen in Hegau. In

402 the foreground, the victorious victories for the Confederates (1499)
P. Swabian War: The federal representatives negotiate in front of the
404 Schaffhausen (?) Town Hall with the Milanese ambassadors. As a template for
the representation of the Gothic building was the Lucerne Town Hall (1499)
P. Swabian War: The Milanese ambassadors left Konstanz to submit the
406 proposals of King Maximilian to the Confederates assembled in Schaffhausen
(1499)
P. Swabian War: Peace negotiations in Basel (1499)
408
P. Swabian war: In the Schaffhauser Ratsstube the Milanese ambassador submits
410 to the federal representatives the peace conditions of King Maximilian (1499)
P. Schwabenkrieg: A Basel runner presented the French ambassador before
412 Freiburg (?) A negative reply of the Milanese ambassador
P. Swabian War: After the Peace of Basel, the Milan Embassy invades the inner
414 Weggistor in Lucerne (1499)
P. Mules with advertising money of the Duke of Milan arrive from Brixen in
415 Chur
P. The Milan Embassy under Gian Maria Sforza, the bishop of Genoa , goes to
417 Zurich for mercenary advertising. The bribed by Milan Jörg Supersaxo is
arrested on the Lucerne fish market (1500)
P. The Duke Ludovico Moro disguised as Landsknecht is betrayed by Novgorin
419 by the mercenary mercenary Hans Turmann and handed over to the
confederates in French service (1500)
P. After his return, the traitor Hans Turmann is arrested, sentenced to death and
421 beheaded by the Zurich executioner (1500)
P. The Bailli of Dijon pays the captains of Swiss mercenaries in French service
422 in Lucerne's council chamber the promised reward for the capture of
Ludovico Moro from

P. On the Rathausbrücke in Zurich, the messengers of the German king negotiate

424 with the soldiers who fought for Milan in Novarra. On the left the three-
barreled well with the city patrons Felix, Regula and Exuperantius, on the
right the city hall, the guildhall to the titmouse and the house to the keel
P. Before Bellinzona, a servant who wanted to betray the city to the French, is
425 quartered (1500)
P. The Basler citizenship makes federal swearing before the federal messengers
427 (1501)
P. The citizens of Schaffhausen summon the covenant with the confederates
428 (1501)
P. The new pope, Julius II , sitting on a mule, receives the Swiss Guard outside
430 the gates of Rome. On the white horse Peter von Hertenstein , papal treasurer,
canon of Beromünster, canon of Basel and Constance (1503)
P. Under the court linden tree in front of the city, the citizens of Mulhouse join
431 forces with the city of Basel (1506)
P. Soldiers of the 13 villages shoot a French flotilla in the Bay of Locarno
433
P. Bishop Matthäus Schiner , the Bailli of Dijon and Baron Ulrich von Hohensax
434 discuss peace conditions with federal warlords (1503)
P. Trial of Ettiswil: Landsknecht Hans Spiess of Ettiswil strangling his wife.
436 Neighbors discover the murdered (1503)
P. Bahrprobe von Ettiswil: Hans Spiess is tortured in the tower at Willisau
437 (1503)
P. Bahrprobe von Ettiswil: Hans Spiess is led to the Bahrprobe to the cemetery.
439 His wife's body begins to foam and bleed. Hans Spiess is executed outside the
town of Willisau (1503)
P. Lucerne merchants suffer shipwreck at the Reussschwelle (1504) when they
440 leave for the Zurzach Fair
P. The Zurich star host Dückeli murdered one of his boarders in the forest
441 (1491)
P. On the outskirts of Zurich, Dückeli, braided on a bicycle, is displayed (1492)
442
P. The sexton Melchior Harprecht , who had killed one of his apprentices in
443 drunkenness, is beheaded before Constance (1506)
P. The Sultan of Istanbul considers the two Barfüsser, whom he had reproached
444 because of their missionary activity, the lion, but remained intact. Then the
monks are pushed out in a rowboat and sailless boat to the sea
P. A comet in the night sky announces severe weather (1506)
445
P. Pope Julius II moves with his guard against Bologna (1506)
446
P. King Maximilian in the Golden Armor Moves Against Hungary (1506)
447
P. The earthquake in Basel in the fall of 1506. In the area of Arth, a bocks-
448 footed woman is seen who allegedly caused a plague epidemic
P. The freak of Florence. The presentation is based on a leaflet (1506)
449
P. The papal troops shell the walls of the city of Bologna occupied by the
450 Venetians (1506)
P. Philip the Beautiful of Castile on the deathbed (1506)
451
P. The warm winter of 1506/1507 and the earthquake of February 1507
452
P. The French mercenary army moves into a city on the way from Pisa to
453 Narbonne
P. The French-friendly nobility, who hopes for support from the king, is
455 expelled from the city of Genoa (1507)
P. The Reichstag of Constance (1507)
457
P. Basel ambassadors complain to King Maximilian about insults inflicted on
458 their merchants in Breisach
P. Fire of the monastery Wettingen (1507)
459
P. German and French ambassadors ask before the Badener Tagesatzung for
460 permission to promote in the Swiss Confederation mercenaries for the Italian
campaign (1507)
P. In Hagenau Jörg Supersaxo agrees to King Maximilian ready to intervene in
461 the Confederates for his cause
S. Swiss volunteers storm the Genoese camp (1507)
464
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465
P. Three federal messengers travel from the negotiations in Schaffhausen to
468 Constance to speak personally to the king (1507)
P. King Maximilian greets the Swiss ambassadors to the Reichstag in Constance
470 (1507)
P. King Maximilian and the ambassadors attend a solemn mass in the Cathedral
472 of Constance (1507)
P. At the big reception on the Palatinate of Constance, King Maximilian
473 welcomes the Swiss embassy headed by the mayor of Zurich (1507)
P. King Maximilian , accompanied by his councilors, discusses personally with
475 the Swiss ambassadors (1507)
P. Anton de Corbellis , chaplain of the Cardinal of Ronen and ambassador of the
477 French king at the Constance Reichstag, is confined to the Reichenau because
of his conspiratorial activity (1507)
P. The Abbot and a delegation of the citizens of St. Gallen seek a federal
478 arbitration in the dispute over the St. Gallen Leutkirche (1507)
P. The Diet of Zurich (1507)
481
P. Jetzerhandel: The lay brother and former tailor journeyman Hans Jetzer is
483 abused by his brothers in the Bernese preacher monastery for a deception:
appears at night in a Dominican disguised as a mother, the confreres slay him
to him with acid to burn the wounds of Christ (1507)
P. Jetzerhandel: The preacher monks show the Vesperbild that sheds bloody
484 tears, the amazed people (1507)
P. The runner of French ambassador Philippe de Roquebertin is informed that
485 this is undesirable in Zurich (1507)
P. In the looting of a monastery in Como by French occupation troops, a carved
486 image of Mary begins to cry blood
P. Matthäus Schiner, Bishop of Sion , approaches the city of Lucerne (1507)
488
P. The French friends of Lucerne receive the French ambassadors in front of the
490 Baslertor (1507)
P. In the refectory of the Franciscan monastery Lucerne try Nikolaus Hasfurter
493 and the chronicler Petermann Etterlin the brother Stefan to prevent letters for
King Maximilian to hide in his cell

P. Fire of the town Mellingen (1505)

494
P. Tagsatzung in the town hall of Lucerne (1507)
496
P. The French ambassadors Philippe de Roquebertin and Pierre Louis de Valtan
498 try for the last time to renew the French fraternity agreement with the
Confederates before the Lucerne daily convention (1507)
P. Louis de Vauldrey bombards Joux Castle, owned by Louis d'Orléans , the new
499 man of Neuchâtel (1507)
P. In front of the city of Basel, the knight Hans Kilchmann stabs the Spengler
500 sleeping under a tree (1507)
P. Jetzerhandel: Two Bernese council servants lead the preacher brother Hans
501 Jetzer to prison (1507)

P. King Maximilian negotiates with the federal messengers in Kempten

503
P. Margaret of Burgundy leads her army against Geldern against the troops of
504 the French king
P. Despite the promise of safe conduct, the Venetians attacked the army of King
506 Maximilian
P. The Riffion , dressed in the colors of Zurich, is stabbed by the French in
507 Milan
P. The Emissaries of King Maximilian before the Diet in Zurich (1507)
508
P. Three Mülhauser messengers were riding to Lucerne (1508)
509
P. Jörg Supersaxo hands Oswald von Rotz money and the dog band, which
510 should be assigned to the French ambassador Philippe de Roquebertin as a
sign of disgrace
P. The French embassy moves to Bern (1508)
511
P. Philippe de Roquebertin and his baggage leave Nauen Lucerne for Uri
514
P. Two tramps set out to loot the sacrificial floor of the Franciscan Franciscan
515 church (1508)
P. Jakob Meyer zum Hasen , ambassador of the Basel Carnival Society, brings
516 the Lucerne society to Safran robbed Fritschimaske to Basel (1507)
P. The Rules of the Rule of Rule adopted by the Lucerne Diet are publicly read
517 by messengers in the original cantons (1508)
P. French mercenaries attacked some women from Lugano, who interceded for a
518 noble bride kidnapped by the soldiers
P. Three beggars who were arrested in Sursee and accused in Lucerne of the
519 murder of the unknown vagabond (p. 515 ) are hanged, although the
Bahrprobe remained inconclusive
P. The troop of King Maximilian is ambushed by French cavalry under Marshal
521 Trivulzio (1508)

P. Two guns for the fight of King Maximilian against France are towed to the
522 Alsatian town of Thann (1508)
P. Carnival amusement on the Landmatte in Schwyz: Schwyzer minstrels with
523 dulcimer and rhinoceros, couples in Schreittanz (1508)
P. King Louis XII. of France and the Duke of Lorraine move to Hohkönigsburg
525 (1508)
P. French ambassadors Philippe de Roquebertin and Pierre Louis de Valtan
528 receive news at the fish market in Lucerne that King Maximilian invaded
Veneto
P. At the Luzerner Ratsstube, the French ambassadors receive a negative reply to
530 their request for mercenary troops
P. Under the village limestone of Beckenried, representatives of the four
531 Waldstätten advise on the wage contracts with the French and the German
King (1508)
P. The citizens of Lucerne advise in the Peterskapelle on the adherence to the
535 treaties with France. Upper left the memorial plaque of Lucerne's friendship
with Uri (the "Arbedodenkmal", see p. 123 ) (1508)
P. The ambassadors of the four inner places declare to King Maximilian their
536 readiness to serve in the fight against France
P. Fire of the outer Weggisgasse in Lucerne (1508)
537
P. A messenger from King Maximilian delivers a letter to the Swiss deputies
541 assembled in the Luzerner Ratsstube with a request to postpone a decision
until the arrival of the royal ambassadors
P. The Persian prophet Sophias Ismahel al Safi instructs fantastically dressed
543 Orientals on the seashore. Westerners mounted in the foreground, probably
Count Heinrich von Hardeck with companions, who taught King Maximilian

about the Prophet's kingdom

P. The Federal ambassadors, who returned home from negotiations with King
544 Maximilian , divided the 300 guilders received by the King into equal heaps

(1508)
P. The Swiss condemned by the French in Naples for galley fines are released by
545 Spanish residents
P. At carnival time four imprisoned priests escaped with the help of knitting
546 from the episcopal prison in Gottlieben Castle (1508)
P. The federal deputies at the Diet in Einsiedeln try to reassure the outraged
548 Landsknechts, who are waiting for the royal ambassador with the promised
payments (1508)
P. The French ambassadors Philippe de Roquebertin and Pierre Louis de Valtan
549 say goodbye to the town hall of the Lucerne Council (1508)
P. The treasurer of the French king, who wanted to move to Milan without
551 permission from Uri, is taken prisoner in Flüelen (1508)
P. The Sitten Bishop Matthäus Schiner receives a letter from the Lucerne
552 Council at the meal
P. The mercenaries waiting in Einsiedeln for the imperial payment of their pay
557 are shortening their time with various games (1508).
P. The imperial envoys with the pay money ride against Einsiedeln (1508)
560
P. Lucerne mercenaries embark at the gate to move into French service
563
P. Runners from Bern and Zurich deliver sealed messages to the representatives
565 of the three original cantons, in which they do not recommend any sort of pay
contract. In the background ragged and disabled mercenaries point out the
consequences of the rice run
P. Margaretha of Flanders , through a messenger, asks her father, Emperor
566 Maximilian , to come to the Netherlands to assist her in the mediation

negotiations in the money war

P. Urs Nagel and his cronies are murdered for murder at the Lucerne Richtstätte
567 (1508)
P. The Council of Lucerne is trying to prevent a crowd of young citizens from
570 entering the service of Emperor Maximilian with the original cantons. In the
background the gothic town hall with the "Schnegg" and the painted town
hall tower
P. In Swabia, the people implore heavenly blessing for the move of Emperor
573 Maximilian
P. After the briefing on Beckenried, the envoys of the four inner towns of Bern
574 rode in to discuss the legacy of the Duke of Savoy. The cityscape shows
Lucerne (Wasserturm, Kapellbrücke) and Rapperswiler (boardwalk) elements
P. The envoys of the lansquenets waiting in Einsiedeln, Jakob Muller of Lucerne
576 and Kaspar in the field of Unterwalden , negotiate stones in front of the castle
with Ulrich von Hohensax in order to obtain a final decision on the execution
of the emperor's emperor Maximilian
P. Executions after a wave of crimes that went all over the Confederation
577
P. Ulrich von Hohensax goes to negotiations with the captains of the Swiss
578 federal mercenaries to Rapperswil (1508)
P. The French ambassador Philippe de Roquebertin leaves the city of Lucerne to
579 get to Milan via Uri (1508)
P. Emperor Maximilian and his councilors negotiate with Bernardino Carvajal,
580 the Cardinal of Santa Croce and legates of Pope Julius II . about the

upcoming Rome train and the coronation of the emperor

P. At the Speyerer Reichstag Emperor Maximilian consoled the captains of the
582 lying in Einsiedeln confederate mercenaries on a later date for the announced
Romzug
P. Emperor Maximilian receives two letters. The Pope invites him to the
584 procession and the coronation of the emperor, the French king asks for free
escort to negotiate with Maximilian in person
P. Gian Giacomo Trivulzio asks in Bellinzona, the three original cantons for the
586 right to coin their own coins in their mint
P. Jetzerhandel: The Bernese Council arrests the fraudulent preacher brothers of
588 Bern (1508)
P. Dietrich von Hallwil , creditor of the French king, compensates himself by
590 confiscating certain Genoese merchandise from Rheinfelden for the king
P. Jetzerhandel: The Bishops of Sion and Lausanne sit on the entangled in the
591 Jetzerhandel Bernese Dominicans to court (1508)
P. Representatives Berns and Solothurn ride from Bern in the Waldstätte to their
592 actions in the case of Dietrich von Hallwil to justify
P. One hundred Lucerne residents of the city and the countryside reintroduce the
593 stolen Fritschi mask at a merry party in Basel (1508)
P. The Lucerne youth as guests on crossbow shooting in Altdorf (1508)
594
P. Emperor Maximilian takes the Netherlands under his protection for his minor
596 grandson and swears the oath of allegiance to the citizens
P. Prince Rudolf of Anhalt storms with imperial troops the castle Pederoyen
597 occupied by Duke Karl von Geldern (1508)
P. The successful Lucerne Crossbowmen return with the prize flags from the
598 shooting festival in Altdorf
P. Emperor Maximilian issues invitations to the Reichstag in Worms
599
P. For the rematch for the shooting in Altdorf take part 50 Urner shooters at the
600 rifle shooting festival on the occasion of the Kirchweih in Lucerne (1508)
P. The imperial cities dissolve the Swabian League
601
P. On behalf of Pope Julius II , a messenger delivers the Inful to the abbot of
602 Muri, John II, after his death, as a sign of his alleged promotion to the
prince- abbot
P. The Swiss messengers say goodbye to Maximilian in Antwerp in order to
604 convey the news to their places that the king will finally set out for Rome
after the Diet of Worms
P. On the way home from Antwerp, the Obwaldner ambassador Hans Heinzli
605 and his companions are deprived of people of the Duke of Jülich
P. At the confluence of the Limmat and the Aare below Baden, a group of
606 inhabitants of Zurich is shipwrecked on their way to the Basler Mass (1508)
P. Symbolic representation of the reconciliation of King Louis XII. with King
607 Maximilian
P. Landsknechts deprived of their money on their way home beg for divine help
608 together with a deceitful priest
P. Heini Erb of Uri and his companion on the board of the Duke of
609 Württemberg
P. Enraged servants in the standard colors demand further payments from
610 Emperor Maximilian

P. The shipwright Peter Wunderlich , convicted on the shipwreck of Baden (see

611 p. 606 ) , is drowned in Zurich. View of the vegetable bridge, the town hall,
the water wheel and the fountain house (1508)
P. Emperor Maximilian sends letters of rejection for the Reichstag of Worms
613
P. In the fire of the house at the "Bramegg" in the office Ruswil the owner
614 discovers a gold treasure walled in the foundation (1508)
P. On the town square of Zug, Andreas Hellmann , disguised as a pilgrim, is
615 betrayed and arrested by two public servants
P. The maid of the Lucerne council member Erni Moser throws her secretly
616 born child from the Spreuerbrücke into the wheel of the city mill (1508)
P. The newsman beheaded the incendiary Andreas Hellmann , who had been
617 arrested in Zug, at the Lucerne High Court in Schachen
P. In the Lucerne Council Chamber, envoys of the Duke of Savoy negotiate with
619 the representatives of the four interior places on a castle rights contract
(1507)
P. Envoys of the Republic of Venice request the French King Louis XII. not to
622 invade their territory despite his reconciliation with Emperor Maximilian
P. Lucerne Rice run despite Uri prohibition to Uri to move to Milan. In the
624 background the round tower of the Seeburg between Meggen and Lucerne
(1509)
P. The papal nuncio Alexander de Gablonetis rides to Lucerne for mercenary
625 advertising . The money boxes are decorated with the coat of arms of Pope
Julius II (1509)

P. Fire of the monastery and the village Einsiedeln (1509)

626
P. The French treasurer arrives in Lucerne with his advertising money. View of
628 the Rössligasse with the inns to the Rössli, the raven and the sword (1509)
P. Gharnish Gersauer rob a cattle herd of the Weggisern and attack with Nauen
630 an opposing fishing boat
P. Confederates recruited by the pope arrive in Bellinzona (1509)
632
P. Knight Renward Göldli , who secretly recruited mercenaries for France and
635 crossed the border, is captured with two of his cronies in front of the Aare
bridge in Olten (1509)
P. Zurich council servants lead Junker Melchior Zurgilgen from Lucerne, who
637 has courted mercenaries in Thurgau without an official permit, in a prison
cell of the town hall (1509)
P. Albrecht von Landenberg stabs a mercenary on Lake Constance who begged
639 and reviled him. In the background the city Konstanz and the island
Reichenau (1509)
P. Venetian ambassadors bring advertising money to the Grisons
642
P. Jetzerhandel: The papal judges Achilles de Grassis , Matthäus Schiner and
643 Aymon de Montfalcon interrogate in Bern the three imprisoned preacher

monks (1509)
P. Jetzerhandel: In front of the clock tower in Berner Marktgasse, the three
646 bishops discard the condemned preacher brothers of their spiritual dignity
(1509)
P. A severe hailstorm causes great damage in Lucerne and Zurich. Charges are
647 lodged against the Zurich church doors against certain citizens who represent
France more than those of Zurich and the Confederation (1509)
P. The members of the day-to-day ministers in Zurich discuss the message of the
649 Venetian envoy Jeronimus Savornianus (1509)
P. The abbot of Kreuzlingen protests against the construction of a shooting club
650 by the citizens of Konstanz on the territory of the monastery
P. Near Schwaz near Innsbruck nine mountain miners commit themselves to the
652 devil for 10'000 guilders
P. A messenger from the Bishop of Sion presents a letter to the Lucerne mayor
656 announcing that the banned Venice is ready to return the occupied territory to
the pope and emperor
P. Jakob Werdmüller from Zurich stabs his betrayed wife (1509)
657
P. After the conquest of Cremona, federal mercenaries secretly leave the French
661 army and head home across the mountains
P. A priest, bribed by Venetians, disables the artillery of the Royal Army by
662 stuffing the barrels with wooden blocks
P. While a hailstorm destroys the fields of Maschwanden, Wohlen hangs himself
663 an "old unclean wib" with the help of two devils (1509)
P. The Countess of Montfort relieves in Baden a Gerber condemned to death by
666 hanging, who stole and sold leather in order not to lose the favor of his
beautiful ones (1509)
P. A Bernese peasant stabs a vain priest in the presence of his unfaithful wife
667 (1509)
P. Armed Lucerne land in Gersau with the intention of handcuffing the Gersauer
669 (1509)
P. A big storm brings the town hall and the arsenal to collapse in Venice (1509)
670
P. At Arth in Lake Zug, the ominous giant carp is spotted (1509)
671
P. Urner crossbowmen return the visit of the Lucerne in a friendly shooting in
673 Uri. Rear water tower and Chapel Bridge (1509)
P. The inhabitants of Zurich summon the new war policy, which places rice
674 travel under punishment, in an open place (1509)
P. Five Hüninger, who do not want to pay the special tax to finance the trip to
675 Rome Emperor Maximilian s, are led by the bailiff to Ensisheim (1509)
P. A nobleman, whose inheritance claims were not recognized on the benefices
676 in Lohr near Nuremberg, set fire to the village and the Annenkirche. The
picture of St. Anna Selbtritt wonderfully spared
P. During the siege of Padua by the troops of Emperor Maximilian, the
677 Venetians secretly supply the population with food (1509)
P. Jörg Supersaxo , the first captain of mercenaries in the service of Julius II , is
681 accused of mercenaries by mercenaries
P. The German mercenaries in the army of Emperor Maximilian refuse to storm
682 Padua
 P. The Leutpriester von Freienbach, Hartmann Sulzer , who participated in the
684 miracles of St. Anna in the chapel in the upper village doubted, is struck in
the council hall of Schwyz in the presence of his accusing parishioners from
the blow

Additions: marginalia and corrected year numbers , mostly by the hand of Renward Cysat
(1545-1614), z. BS 13 , 96 , 184 , 257 , 341 , 430 , 463 , 664 / 665 .

Binding: Wooden covers covered with light leather , 2nd half of the 16th century, trimming
lines, single and roller stamps, and others Apostle scroll: Christ, John Baptista, Paul, Peter,
similar to EBDB Roll no. r003386 (2nd half of the 16th century). New back . Mirror and
flyleaves ( I - IV , 685 - 688 ) paper, new. Two forward edge closure with brass parts, new.
Each of the 5 chiselled ormolu pieces with humps, those of the corner fittings as flowers, on
the outer edges Ioerg Schwizer 1577 HAWhite-blue capitals. Removed and reintegrated for the
partial facsimile implementation of 1932. For the facsimile 1977 retired and restored.

Contents:

I - IV empty.
1 - 12 registers. > The first part. Dis is the register or the taffel disser konick [sic] unn
sol one verstan the capettel and figures ze search by the zal of the blettern like the
harnach volget . < The vorred diss bůchs on the sheet. How nice the gotg huss was in
the court to lucern hebuwen and over long refreshing on the ii sheet ...
13 - 683 Diebold Schilling: Swiss Chronicle ... // behalters started putting in
geschrifft ze, ouch zunn darby kürtzisten for me took something from the beginning of
the lobwirdigen gotzhuses in Hoff ... 14 > How anfencklich the gotz wirdig huss erbuwen
to Lucern in Hoff and was long refreshed . < [I] n the jar ALSs you zold from the gepurt
unnsers love heren Jesus Christ fünff hundred and Druey jar ... - ... 683 When, for
what, was a monk so devastated, who has a bad soul, that he does not mean, that the
almighty in sinem sex got higher then in others, the godfather was madder. Peter RÜCK
and Gottfried BOESCH , text edition, in: The Swiss Picture Chronicle of the Lucerne
Diebold Schilling 1513. Facsimile of the manuscript S 23 fol. in the Central Library
Lucerne, ed. by Alfred A. Schmid, Lucerne 1977-1981, Commentary, pp. 1-533.
684 illustration.

Origin of the manuscript: Numerous pictures are dated in the context or on gates or towers
on the years 1511-1513: 83 1512 , 90 at the city gate 1512 , 110 at the gate 1512 , 120 1512 ,
123 1511 , 154 1511 , 160 at the gate 1511 , 163 at the city gate 1511 , 165 at the church
portal 1511 , 168 at the gate 1512 , 182 at the gate 1512 ,190 at the gate 1512 , 242 at the
gate 1512 , 259 at the building left outside 1512 , 275 at the city gate 1512 , 332 at the gate
1513 , 374 at the tower 1499, corrected in 1513 , 499 in the frame 1511 , 551 lower margin
skull with 1513 , 628 Wirtshausschild to the sword 1513 . Seven pictures show signatures: 84
L 1512 W , 132 SAN ,159 HALD , 201 hald , 414 HVK , 437 D.GO , 499 15.HVK.01 . The
first sheet of the foreword with the scribe note is only obtained in copies, first 1571 : ZHB
Lucerne PP 9 fol., John of Cham († 1585), Guards scribe in Rome (Alois LÜTOLF , The Swiss
GUARDS in Rome, Einsiedeln, New York 1859, P. 98), 1 You will notice that Buͦch has
confounded the Cronica through me Diebolls Schillig priests, and handed them over to Gentile
lords of Lucerne, bishops, councilors, huntsmen, and a whole gentry.Further copies: before
1614 ZHB Lucerne Ms 112 fol., Renward Cysat , 282r; 1624 Ms 3 fol., Niklaus Ratzenhofer ,
Lucerne Councilor († 1649), VIr.

Provenance of the manuscript: The chronicle was kept in the State Archives of Lucerne
(Gottlieb Emanuel VON HALLER , Library of Swiss History, Part 4, Berne 1786, pp. 354-356).
In 1811, the transfer to the newly founded burger library of the city of Lucerne took place the
Beyträge and gifts, which the citizen library of the city of Lucerne from its formation on,
1811-1855, P. 2, no. 27, archive citizens library, BBG 39). In the course of the Sönderung the
state estate she arrived in 1832 together with the Bürgerbibliothek to the corporation Lucerne.
Since 1951 it is stored in the Central & University Library Lucerne.

Text output:

Diebold SCHILLING' S OF the Lucerne Swiss Chronicle, ed. after the original manuscript
on the municipal library of Lucern, Lucern 1862.
Diebold Schilling, Lucerne Picture Chronicle 1513, ed. from the community of
residents and corporations Lucerne; Edit. by Robert DURRER and Paul HILBER , Geneva
1932.
Peter RÜCK and Gottfried BOESCH , Text Edition in: The Swiss Picture Chronicle of the
Lucerne Diebold Schilling 1513. Facsimile of the manuscript S 23 fol. in the Central
Library Lucerne, ed. by Alfred A. Schmid, Lucerne 1981, Commentary, pp. 1-533.

Printed catalogs:

CATALOG OF the Bürgerbibliothek in Lucerne, Lucerne 1840, p. 568, no. 41.

Literature to the manuscript:

Diebold SCHILLING' S OF the Lucerne Swiss Chronicle, ed. after the original manuscript
on the municipal library of Lucern, Lucern 1862.
Theodor VON LIEBENAU , chronicler Diebold Schilling of Lucerne, in: Monatsrosen 15
(1870/71), pp. 213-222, 245-255.
Josef ZEMP , The Swiss Picture Chronicles and their Architectural Representations,
Zurich 1897.
Paul HILBER , The Lucerne Diebold Schilling Picture Chronicle 1513, Frauenfeld;
Leipzig 1928.
Diebold Schilling, Lucerne Picture Chronicle 1513, ed. from the community of
residents and corporations Lucerne; Edit. by Robert DURRER and Paul HILBER , Geneva
1932.
Theodor OTTIGER , The Lucerne Chronicle of the Diebold Schilling from the year
1513, Lucerne 1972.
The Swiss Picture Chronicle of the Lucerne Diebold Schilling 1513. Facsimile of the
manuscript S 23 fol. in the central library Lucerne with commentary, ed. by Alfred A.
SCHMID , Lucerne 1977-1981.
Pascal LADNER , Codicological and paleographic investigation, in: The Swiss Picture
Chronicle of the Lucerne Diebold Schilling 1513, S. 541-558.
Peter RÜCK , Diebold Schilling for the cause of the Emperor: For the construction of
the chronicle, in: The Swiss Picture Chronicle of the Lucerne Diebold Schilling 1513,
S. 559-584.
Alfred A. SCHMID , The Illustrations: Style and Master Question, in: The Swiss Picture
Chronicle of the Lucerne Diebold Schilling 1513, S. 679-707.
Carl PFAFF , state and society in the mirror of the chronicle illustration of the Bernese
and Lucerne shilling, in: Geschichtsfreund 135 (1982), pp. 89-120.
Stefan RAGAZ , Lucerne in the mirror of Diebold-Schilling Chronicle 1513-2013,
Adligenswil 2013.
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