Ein hüpsch new Lied/ Wie der fromm Hertzog Berchtoldt von Zäringen/ die Lobliche Statt Bern gebawen vnd gestifftet/ auch jhnen freyheit vnd zeichen geben hat : In der Wyß/ Ich stund an einem Morgen/ heimlich/ [et]c

Ritter, Gwer · 1653 · [Georg Sonnleitner] · 2 pictures

A 1653 German broadside song printed in Bern, attributed to Gwer Ritter, telling how Duke Berchtold of Zähringen founded the city of Bern and granted its people liberties and emblems, sung to a known melody. The first picture is a dense woodcut ornament of scrolled foliage in a pointed triangular panel, a usable model for historical border or pattern work; the second is the title page with heavy blackletter type set around a woodcut of two rampant heraldic beasts flanking a shield, showing how text and emblem can share one layout.

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