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Ein hüpsch Lied von dem Hertzog Barchtold von Zäringen die lobliche Statt Bernn gebuwen, und gestifftet, ouch inen Fryheyt, und Zeychen geben hat : in der Wyß, ich stuond an einem Morgen, heimlich etc

Ritter, Gwer · 1590 · by Vicentz im Hof · 1 picture

A 1590 German printed song sheet, published by Vicentz im Hof and issued for readers in Zurich, recounting how Duke Berthold of Zähringen founded the city of Bern and granted it liberties and arms. The picture is a woodcut title block with a crowned heraldic shield flanked by two lions, set above the printed text, a model for dignified civic emblem design, heraldic framing and tightly centred black-and-white ornament.

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