Vrsprung vnd vrsach Gege[n]wertiger Vffrür/ Teütscher Nation : Das Lied/ mag man singen in bruoder Veiten Thon
This is a 1546 German broadside song sheet, a Flugblattlied, by Martin Schrot printed by Hans Crafft, addressed to the German nation during the Schmalkaldic War. The woodcut on the first page shows armoured soldiers with pikes and a horse-drawn cannon marching under a city skyline, while the second page has a decorative initial and a scene of a rider with a dragon-like figure over a fallen man. A designer could draw on the dense pike formations and the crowded, text-heavy black-letter layout as models for dramatic war graphics.
![Picture 1 of 2 from Vrsprung vnd vrsach Gege[n]wertiger Vffrür/ Teütscher Nation : Das Lied/ mag man singen in bruoder Veiten Thon (1546), leaf 1](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/erara-27046727-1-1.webp)
![Picture 2 of 2 from Vrsprung vnd vrsach Gege[n]wertiger Vffrür/ Teütscher Nation : Das Lied/ mag man singen in bruoder Veiten Thon (1546), leaf 2](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/erara-27046727-2-1.webp)