Zürich armorial

The document was owned by Zürich naturalist and historian Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672–1733).

The Zürich armorial is one of the oldest and most important surviving collection of arms of the lower nobility of the Holy Roman Empire.

Its geographical focus is that of greater Swabia, including the Lake Constance area, German-speaking Switzerland, Elsass, and Baden.

It consisted of four parchment strips 12.5 cm wide, with a combined length of four meters.

One of the four parts was lost; on the surviving three parchment strips, a total of 559 coats of arms and 28 flags of bishoprics are depicted.