A (, "cantonal pane") is

stained glass Stained glass refers to coloured glass as a material or art and architectural works created from it. Although it is traditionally made in flat panels and used as windows, the creations of modern stained glass artists also include three-dimensio ...

that presents the

coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments), originating in Europe. The coat of arms on an escutcheon f ...

of a canton of the

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. It is sometimes arranged in a complete

armorial A roll of arms (or armorial) is a collection of coat of arms, 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 m ...

of all cantonal coats of arms of Switzerland. A is an example of a ''wappenscheibe'', a coat of arms depicted in a stained glass window. The usage of 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 th ...

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

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, was presented to the hall of the

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. 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 A canton is a type of administrative division of a country. In general, cantons are relatively small in terms of area and population when compared with other administrative divisions such as counties, departments, or provinces. Internationally, th ...

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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