Ein hüpsch nüw Lied, unnd fründtliche Warnung an ein lobliche Eydgnoschafft
A 1557 printed song and friendly warning by Hans Rudolf Manuel, printed in Bern by Samuel Apiario for the Swiss Confederation, held by the Zentralbibliothek Zürich. The first picture is a printer's imprint with a large calligraphic flourish beneath the year, and the second is a title page with a central woodcut medallion showing a armoured figure with a halberd surrounded by animals and heraldic shields, set in black-letter type. A designer might take the dense black-letter lettering, the circular framed emblem, and the flourished rule as models for historic typography and roundel layouts.
