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Ein schön New Lied genannt Der Teutsche Michel/ [et]c : Wider alle Sprachverderber/ Cortisanen Concipisten vnd Concellisten ... : Jm Thon: Das alt verachten/ nach newem trachten/ eim teutschen Bidermann/ nicht wol steht an/ [et]c. : Oder: Wo kompt es häre/ daß zeitlich Ehre/ [et]c

1641 · [David Hautt?] · 1 picture

A 1641 German broadside song, probably printed by David Hautt, held by the Zurich Zentralbibliothek, aimed at a German-reading public and attacking corrupt court officials and writers who mangle the language. The single picture is a small framed woodcut-style portrait of a bearded man in a circle within a decorative ornamental border, with a Stadtbibliothek Zürich library stamp at lower right that should be ignored. A designer might take from it the compact framing device of a central medallion surrounded by a repeating square ornament band.

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