Swiss Arms Institute

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Grandson Castle , seat of the Swiss Arms Institute

The Swiss Arms Institute , French Institut suisse d'armes anciennes , Italian Istituto svizzero per le armi antiche , English Swiss Institute of Arms and Armor is an organization that deals with historical weapons . The facility, based at Schloss Grandson in Switzerland, serves as an information and assistance point for museums, collectors, art dealers, publishers and authors in Switzerland and abroad.

The institute, founded in 1972 on a private basis at the castle, also carries out the conservation and restoration of old weapons and armaments .

In addition to taking on research assignments, the Swiss Arms Institute also publishes and translates works relating to weapons. One such project was, for example, the multi-volume illustrated book Der neue Støckel, published from 1978 under the editorship of Eugène Heer . International encyclopedia of gunsmiths, firearms manufacturers and crossbow makers from 1400–1900 .

Fonts

  • Eugen Heer (editor), Ellen Ducommun (collaborator): The new Støckel . International encyclopedia of gunsmiths, firearms manufacturers and crossbow makers from 1400–1900. 3 volumes. Journal-Verlag Schwend, Schwäbisch Hall 1978ff.

literature

  • Eugen Heer: The Swiss Arms Institute. In: Louis Hofmann: weapons and costume studies. Journal for the history of weapons and clothing. Edited by the Society for Historical Arms and Costume Studies. Sonnefeld, 1972, ISSN 0042-9945.
  • Eugen Heer: The Swiss Arms Institute, Château de Grandson. Grandson 1973.
  • Eugen Heer: Grandson Castle. The Swiss Arms Institute. Member of the ICOM and the IIC. In: Weltkunst. The ZEIT art magazine. Le monde des arts. Ed .: German Art and Antiques Fair. Zeit-Verlag Gerd Bucerius, Hamburg 1974, ISSN 0043-261X.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c o. V .: Institut suisse d'armes anciennes = Swiss Arms Institute = Istituto svizzero per le armi antiche = Swiss Institute of Arms and Armor , in: Switzerland = Suisse = Svizzera = Switzerland. Official travel magazine of Switzerland. Verkehrszentrale, der Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, Privatbahnen… [et al.] , 49 (1976), issue 4, p. 16f .; as a PDF document from e-periodica.ch in the version of July 22, 2019
  2. ^ Francia. Research on Western European history , published by the German Historical Institute Paris (Institut historique allemand), Volume 9 (1981); Extract as a PDF document from the Heidelberg University Library
  3. ↑ Compare the information and cross-references in the catalog of the German National Library

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