Zwey Geistliche schöne nüwe Lieder
A 1617 German printed songbook, Zwey Geistliche schöne nüwe Lieder, published by Abraham Weerli and held by the University Library Bern, likely for devotional singing. The two pictures are small black-ink printed ornaments: a square arrangement of scrolling foliate strapwork and a shield-like cluster of curling tendrils, flourishes with fleur-de-lis-like tips and spiral volutes. A designer could take from them dense, symmetrical early-modern border and cartouche patterns for tiled or framed layouts.
