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Gletting, Benedict · 1580 · [Benedikt Ulman] · 1 picture

A 1580 printed songbook title page, attributed to Benedict Gletting and published by Benedikt Ulman, in German for Bern's civic audience, honouring the city's bear emblem. The woodcut shows a bear standing upright beside a dog-like companion, with a small church tower on the right and a sparse ground line, all framed in a ruled border beneath dense black-letter type; a designer might take the bold silhouette and the contrast of solid black figure against open white ground.

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