115:. This gift was a matter of considerable prestige for the recipients, seen as such both by the recipients and by their neighbours. This was true especially of the blessed sword and hat, which had previously only been bestowed on kings and princes, while the Swiss were still considered not fully sovereign, but subjects of the Holy Roman Emperor. The Swiss chroniclers of the time gave a detailed description of the gifts, and a great woodcut was commissioned, probably still in 1512, which shows the papal banners, sword and hat surrounded by sixteen banner-bearers holding the
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much as to those territories that sent mercenary contingents to the Pavia campaign. The superior quality of the cantonal banners was, however, not equalled in the banners given to the associates; their charges are mostly painted instead of applied in costly needlework. An exception is the banner of Saanen, which was made in the same quality as the cantonal banners, an honour presumably due to the chaplain of
Schiner, Hans HuswĂĽrt, being a native of the town (Durrer 1907/8:353).
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