A ''Standesscheibe'' (, "cantonal pane") is stained glass that presents the

coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement, which in its ...

of a canton of the Old Swiss Confederacy. It is sometimes arranged in a complete

armorial A roll of arms (or armorial) is a collection of coats of arms, usually consisting of rows of painted pictures of shields, each shield accompanied by the name of the person bearing the arms. The oldest extant armorials date to the mid-13th centu ...

of all cantonal coats of arms of Switzerland. A ''standesscheibe'' is an example of a ''wappenscheibe'', a coat of arms depicted in a stained glass window. The usage of ''Standesscheibe'' became fashionable in 1485 along with the

Swiss illustrated chronicles Several illustrated chronicles were created in the Old Swiss Confederacy in the 15th and 16th centuries. They were luxurious illuminated manuscripts produced for the urban elite of Bern and Lucerne, and their copious detailed illustrations allow a ...

. This was as a result of increased national pride due to recent victories in the

Burgundian Wars The Burgundian Wars (1474–1477) were a conflict between the Burgundian State and the Old Swiss Confederacy and its allies. Open war broke out in 1474, and the Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold, was defeated three times on the battlefield in t ...

. In 1501, a full set of cantonal ''Standesscheiben'', made by Lukas Zeiner of

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich ...

, was presented to the hall of the

Swiss diet The Federal Diet of Switzerland (german: Tagsatzung, ; french: Diète fédérale; it, Dieta federale) was the legislative and executive council of the Old Swiss Confederacy and existed in various forms from the beginnings of Swiss independe ...

Baden Baden (; ) is a historical territory in South Germany, in earlier times on both sides of the Upper Rhine but since the Napoleonic Wars only East of the Rhine. History The margraves of Baden originated from the House of Zähringen. Baden i ...

. S''tandesscheiben'' usage remained active in Switzerland throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, and to some extent continued in the 19th and early 20th centuries with the coats of arms of the cantons of modern Switzerland.

References

{{Reflist *Hermann Meyer, ''Die schweizerische Sitte der Fenster- und Wappenschenkung vom XV. bis XVII. Jh.'' (1884). *Jenny Schneider, ''Die Standesscheiben von Lukas Zeiner im Tagsatzungssaal zu Baden (Schweiz): ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der schweizerischen Standesscheiben'', vol. 12 of Basler Studien zur Kunstgeschichte (1954). Stained glass Old Swiss Confederacy Swiss coats of arms

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