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Ein Hüpsch Lied, von dem Todt, wie er alle Ständ der welt hinweg nimpt, Jn deß Regenbogen plauben thon, oder in der Ritter wyß ein gemäß

1580 · by Bendicht uolman · 1 picture

A 1580 German broadside-style song sheet printed in Bern by Bendicht Ulman, a ballad about Death taking people of every estate, meant to be sung to a set tune. The single woodcut shows a skeleton riding through a crowd, a plain image a designer could borrow for memento mori motifs or early modern German print typography.

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