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Ein schön New Lied/ Von Der Sündfluß/ Welcher vber die Menschen gangen ist/ zu der zeit Noe/ von wegen jhres sündlichen Lebens : auß dem siebenden Capitel Genesis gezogen/ [et]c. : Im Thon/ Frölich so will singen/ mit lust ein Tageweiß/ [et]c

Ritter, Gwer · 1660 · Bey Georg Sonnleitner · 1 picture

A German broadside song printed in Bern in 1660 by Georg Sonnleitner, written by Gwer Ritter, retelling the Flood of Noah from Genesis chapter seven as a sinful people's punishment. Its single woodcut shows Noah's ark floating on the waters with a small figure and a sheet of text beneath, a plain devotional print meant for singing by ordinary readers. A designer might take from it the dense blackletter typography stacked in centred lines and the simple boxed woodcut framed between text blocks.

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