File:Cantonal flags Nancy 1477 1513.jpg

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English: Depiction of the Swiss confederate flags at the battle of Nancy (1477)

Detail of the plate depicting the battle in the Luzerner Chronik of Diebold Schilling (1513).

All flags of the Eight Cantons are shown, but the flags of Berne and Uri omit the heraldic animal, showing only the cantonal colours. In addition, the flags of Fribourg and Solothurn are shown, at the time not yet full members, who would join the confederacy in the aftermath of this battle, in 1481. The flag of the city of Basel is shown separately, behind the confederate flags (not included in this detail).

Each flag has the white confederate cross attached, those of Schwyz, Lucerne and Zug in the center, the others in the top corner at the host, except for Glarus, where it is in the top corner at the fly (apparently for reasons of space), and for Zürich, which is partially obscured behind Zug and Glarus, so that no cross is visible (but the red Schwenkel at the top of the flag of Zürich is visible).
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Source Luzerner Chronik, detail of File:Deutsche Geschichte5-290.jpg
Author
Diebold Schilling the Younger  (1460–1515)  wikidata:Q117331
 
Diebold Schilling the Younger
Alternative names
Diebold, the younger Schilling; Diebold Schilling the younger; Diebold Schilling
Description Swiss chronicler
Date of birth/death before 1460
date QS:P,+1460-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1460-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
3 November 1515 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Haguenau Edit this at Wikidata Lucerne Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q117331
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current20:22, 13 September 2020Thumbnail for version as of 20:22, 13 September 2020525 × 292 (123 KB)Sylevienslight increase of the colors
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