The city of Luzern/Lucerne began as a Benedictine Monastery dedicated to Saint Maurice, and the church was subsequently dedicated to Saint Leodegar. A website maintained by the Familie Gerhard Eichinger presents the most complete history available in English, a translation of a 19th-century German text – Court Church (Hofkirche). The angel above shining the lampContinue reading “Luzerner Chronik, Page 15”
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Luzerner Chronik, Page 13
Wikipedia Entry on Diebold Schilling the Younger Wikipedia Entry on the Luzerner Schilling “Envisioned History or “His Story”: Warfare, Musical Culture, and Imagination in the Lucerne Chronicle (1509–13) by Diebold Schilling the Younger” The Rathaus that stands today in Luzern dates to the beginning of the 17th century, but the interior of this miniature –Continue reading “Luzerner Chronik, Page 13”
Swiss Geography – Geneva
Blank Map Tourist Map L’Escalade Genève délivrée, a 1662 play by Samuel Chappuzeau The anthem of Geneva – Cé qu’è lainô (Musical Notation) L’escalade: Son origine et ses consequences Catholic Geneva Saint Francis de Sales (page available from 29 January 2022; Saint Francis de Sales was the bishop of Geneva, but resided in Annecy) LaContinue reading “Swiss Geography – Geneva”
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