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Bemunder Schlacht. Die da beschähen ist/ Vff den Ostermentag/ im 1544. Jar/ &c. Vnnd ist in der wyß/ Wie das Lied von Tholl/ oder Gennouwer/ &c

Suter, Caspar · 1544 · [Samuel Apiarius] · 1 picture

A 1544 German broadside ballad printed in Zurich by Samuel Apiarius, with words by Caspar Suter, telling of the Bemunder battle fought on Easter Monday and set to the tune of an older song. The single woodcut below the heavy black-letter title shows two armoured soldiers in plumed helmets standing at left beside a shield bearing a cross, with a pennant and a walled town behind, a clear model for early modern news-woodcut layout where a large display title sits over a small framed scene.

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