Silbereisen: Chronicon Helvetiae, Part II
A 1572 Swiss chronicle, the Chronicon Helvetiae Part II, a manuscript history of Switzerland held by e-codices, the Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland. Its pages pair handwritten German text with hand-coloured illustrations of walled towns, mounted soldiers, pikemen and gates, drawn in a plain narrative style for readers of the period. A designer might take its clear figure grouping, flat colour fields, and tidy battlement and banner shapes as a model for historical scene staging.
