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Ein hüpsch Lied von der Schlacht geschehen vor Murten/ mit dem großmächtigen Hertzog Karle von Burgund/ als jm die Eydgnossen daselbst obgelägen sind : Jm tho[n]/ wiewol ich bin ein alter Gryß

1545 · by Augustin Frieß · 1 picture

A 1545 German broadside song printed by Augustin Frieß, probably for a general popular readership, telling of the Swiss Confederates' siege and battle at Murten against Duke Charles of Burgundy. The single picture is a woodcut of a walled hilltop town with towers, gateways and a crowd of figures at its base, a plain, dense style a designer could borrow for medieval fortress scenes.

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