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Ein Hüpsch alt Lied/ von der Schlacht der dreyen Grawen Bündten/ vnnd dem Römischen König/ beschehen im 1499. Jahr

1499 · [Samuel Apiarius?] · 1 picture

A printed broadside ballad titled Ein Hüpsch alt Lied, about the 1499 battle between the Three Leagues of Graubünden and the Roman King, probably printed in the German-speaking Swiss lands in the 16th century for a popular readership. A single woodcut of an armoured soldier with a long pike and plumed helmet stands in a framed panel beside the black-letter text, offering a designer a bold, crude, high-contrast image of Renaissance mercenary dress and weaponry.

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