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Sempacher Schlacht : so beschehen im 1386. Jahr, auff Cyrillen Tag

Halbsuter, Hans · 1694 · bey Heinrich Rennward Wyssing · 1 picture

A 1694 Lucerne broadside ballad by Hans Halbsuter, printed by Heinrich Rennward Wyssing, commemorating the Battle of Sempach of 1386 for a popular German-speaking readership. The title page shows a single woodcut of a halberd-carrying foot soldier in a feathered cap and slashed doublet, framed by black-letter type, a useful reference for historical armour and period lettering.

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