Anniversar from Uster

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The Uster Anniversar is a year book of the municipality of Uster , Canton of Zurich , Switzerland. It was created between 1469 and 1473. It is attributed to Felix Kaltschmidt, a clergyman. About 60 full coats of arms are drawn on 58 sheets. They show the coat of arms of the Landenberg-Greiffensee and Bonstetten families . Citizen coats of arms, peasant coats of arms and coats of arms of women in marriage from the aforementioned families are also shown.

literature

  • Gert Oswald : Lexicon of Heraldry. VEB Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1984, ISBN 3-411-02149-7 , p. 40.
  • Rainer Hugener: Salvation and legitimation of power: The Uster year book. In: Christian Kiening, Martina Stercken (eds.): SchriftRäume. Dimensions of writing between the Middle Ages and the modern age (= media change - media change - media knowledge. Volume 4). Chronos, Zurich 2008, p. 232 f. (PDF) .

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