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Ein hüpsch nüw Lied wie der fromm Hertzog Baerchtold von Zaeringen die lobliche Statt Bernn gebuwen und gestifftet ouch jnen Fryheyt und Zeichen geben hat ...

Ritter, Gwer · 1560 · [by Samuel Apiario] · 1 picture

A 1560 printed German broadside song sheet, published by Samuel Apiario and attributed to Gwer Ritter, telling the legend of Duke Berchtold of Zähringen founding the city of Bern and granting it liberties and arms. Its woodcut title block, framed by a heraldic crest with supporters and a central shield, suggests a model for civic emblems, decorative title pages and early modern German typography, showing how text and an armorial frame were combined.

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