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Ein schön Geistlich Lied/ Von dem Frommen Tobia und seinem Sohn : Aus Heiliger Göttlicher Schrifft gezogen. In der Melodey: Wie man den Dannhäuser singt

Kummer, Jörg · 1700 · [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] · 1 picture

A German devotional broadside ballad from 1700, written by Jörg Kummer, retelling the story of Tobias and his son from Holy Scripture to be sung to a known tune. The woodcut shows a woman embracing a young man beside a tall column, while elderly bearded men sit in a room with a window, suggesting a plain old-fashioned narrative scene a designer could borrow for vintage text-based or biblical-themed work.

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