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Ein hüpsch Lied von der Schlacht geschähen vor Murten, mit dem grossmächtigen Hertzog Karle von Burgund, als im die Eydgnossen daselbst obglägen sind : im Thon, Wiewol ich bin ein alter Gryss

Weber, Veit · 1563 · by Sigfrid Apiario · 1 picture

A 1563 German broadside song printed by Sigfrid Apiario, a ballad by Veit Weber about the Swiss Confederates' victory over Duke Charles of Burgundy at Murten, sung to the tune of an older folk song. The single woodcut shows armed men gathered around a figure seated at a table in a panelled room, with the text set in heavy blackletter type above it. A designer could take from it the dense blackletter lettering, the stacked title hierarchy, and the crowded woodcut scene of soldiers in a tight interior.

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