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Zwey schöne newe Lieder/ Das erst/ Wilhelmus von Nassawe/ [et]c : Jm Thon/ wie man den Graffen von Rom singt : Das ander/ Es ist viel Wunders in der Welt/ [et]c. : Jm Thon/ Wie man den König Laßla singet/ [et]c

1611 · bey Johann Schröter · 2 pictures

A 1611 Basel songbook printed by Johann Schröter, containing two secular German broadside-style songs, one of them the 'Wilhelmus' of Nassau, meant for singing to familiar tunes. The title page carries a woodcut of a mounted knight with a lance and a sword, set under the black-letter title, and a second picture is a decorative ornament of a grotesque bearded face framed by scrolls and curling foliage. A designer could take from the bold black-line woodcut style, the knight figure, and the scrolled grotesque ornament as period-accurate motifs for historical or folk-themed work.

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