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| Keywords: 13 cantons 1577.png en depiction of the coats of arms of the thirteen cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy From the title page of La Republique des Suisses 1577 a French translation of Josias Simmlers De Republica Helvetiorum of 1576 The cantonal coats of arms are numbered 1 to 13 in order of precedence In the central circle are seven additional coats of arms of eternal associates of the confederacy and two clasped hands as a symbol of confederation The order of precedence is slightly different from the modern one Zürich Bern Lucerne Uri Schwyz Unterwalden Zug Glarus Basel Fribourg Solothurn Schaffhausen Appenzell the modern order places Glarus in front of Zug and Fribourg and Solothurn in front of Basel The lack of colours makes it impossible to distinguish the coats of arms of Fribourg and Solothurn Those of Solothurn and Unterwalden would be identical even with colouring The coats of arms of Schwyz and Unterwalden are still without heraldic designs; the added white cross to the coat of arms of Schwyz and the key to the coat of arms of Unterwalden both date to the first half of the 17th century The seven coat of arms of associates are in clockwise order those of The Abbey and the City of St Gallen each with a bear rampant undecipherable perhaps Geneva Mulhouse a mill's wheel Biel two axes Rottweil an eagle and the League of God's House ibex; for all of the Three Leagues The text of the title page reads as follows ---- LA REPVBLIQVE DES SVISSES Comprise en deux livres contenans le gouuernement de Suisse lestat public des treize Cantons de leurs Confederez en general en particulier leurs bailliages iurisdictions l'origine les conduites de toutes leurs alliances leurs batailles victoires conquestes autres gestes memorables depois l'Emperer Raoul de Habspourg iusques a Charles le Quint Descrite en Latin par IOSIAS SIMLER de Zurich pouellement mise en Francois A GENEVE Pour Antoine Chupin Francois le Preux M D LXXVII ---- 1577 La Republique des Suisses copy kept at the Landesmuseum Zürich Antoine Chupin Francois le Preux PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Historical coats of arms of Switzerland Swiss soldiers 1300-1550 | ||||
