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| Country of Location: |
Country of Location
Switzerland
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| Location: |
Location Sarnen |
| Library / Collection: |
Library / Collection
Staatsarchiv Obwalden
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| Shelfmark: | Shelfmark Sig. A.02.CHR.0003 |
| Manuscript Title: | Manuscript Title The “White Book of Sarnen” |
| Caption: | Caption Paper · 508 pp. · 30–30.5 x 21–22 cm · Sarnen · 1470–1607 |
| Language: |
Language
German, Latin |
| Manuscript Summary: | Manuscript Summary The "White Book of Sarnen" was assembled by the Obwalden Chancellery Clerk Hans Schriber (1436-1478). It is called the “White Book” because it was originally bound in a white pigskin cover. It contains copies of privileges, alliances, and important decisions by the courts of arbitration and the Landesgemeinden beginning in 1316, and was written for the most part in the years 1470/1471. It is the most important cartulary from the Obwalden Chancellery during the late Middle Ages and, as such, is still part of the city archives today. However, this book is famous above all because it contains the oldest version of the story of the founding of the Swiss Confederation on a mere 25 pages (pp. 441–465). The volume also includes the story of William Tell and the famous shooting of the apple: (“Weisses Buch”, p. 447: Nu was der Tall gar ein güt Schütz er hat oüch hübsche kind die beschigt der herre zü imm / vnd twang den Tallen mit sinen knechten / das der Tall eim sim kind ein öpfel ab dem höupt müst schiessen …). |
| Standard description: | Standard description Beschreibung von Regula Schmid Keeling, 2012.Show standard description |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | DOI (Digital Object Identifier 10.5076/e-codices-staow-A02CHR0003 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-staow-A02CHR0003) |
| Permanent link: | Permanent link https://e-codices.ch/en/list/one/staow/A02CHR0003 |
| IIIF Manifest URL: |
IIIF Manifest URL
https://e-codices.ch/metadata/iiif/staow-A02CHR0003/manifest.json
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| How to quote: | How to quote Sarnen, Staatsarchiv Obwalden, Sig. A.02.CHR.0003: The “White Book of Sarnen” (https://e-codices.ch/en/list/one/staow/A02CHR0003). |
| Online Since: | Online Since 03/22/2012 |
| External resources: | External resources |
| Rights: | Rights Images:
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| Document Type: |
Document Type
Manuscript |
| Century: |
Century
15th century, 16th century, 17th century |
| Binding: |
Binding
17th century |
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