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Deutsch:
Karte des
Wallis
aus dem 16. Jahrhundert
English:
Map of the
Valais
of 1548. The
Riedmatten
coat of arms of the prince-bishop is shown at the top; the city of Sion is shown with an early version of the Valais coat of arms (with ten stars). Coats of arms of other communes of the Valais are shown in smaller size, with some shields left empty. Coats of arms of neigbouring polities: Duchy of Milan (top left), Savoy (top right), Uri, Hasle, Frutigen, Simmental, Saanen, Aigle(?). The Matterhorn is shown as Mons Sylvius, Great St. Bernhard as Mons Iovis.
Literature: Anton Gattlen,
L'estampe topographique du valais 1548-1850
(1987),
p. 12
.
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| Date | |
| Source | Johannes Stumpf: Landtaflen. Hierinn findst du lieber Laeser schoener recht vnd wolgemachter Landtaflen XII. […] Welche alle vormals soelicher gestalt nie außgangen. Zürich: Christoph Froschauer 1548. Faksimile-Ausgaben: Hrsg.: Weiß, Bern: Kümmerly & Frey 1942; Hrsg.: Dürst, Gattikon: Dorfpresse 1975. ; upload from http://mdz1.bib-bvb.de/~db/bsb00002296/images/index.html?id=00002296&seite=34 |
| Author | Johannes Stumpf |
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