Sworn cross

Sworn Cross of the Rector of the University of Tübingen . The copies of the university statutes, which were renewed in 1537, with the Rector's oath of service are part of a parchment collection volume, the "statutes book" of the university.

A Schwörkreuz or oath cross is either a crucifix was placed in a meeting room or a cross in a Statutes book to which at oaths the thumb.

The oath cross of the Order of the Golden Fleece in the Vienna Treasury

Oath crosses in the court museum Bad Fredeburg

Individual evidence

1. ^ University of Tübingen archive: archival review.
2. ↑ Schwörkreuz from 1551 in the conference room, museum in the Villingen-Schwenningen town hall ( Memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )