Ein schön Lied Vom Vrsprung vnd Herkommen der Alten Schweitzeren : Insonderheit deß Lands Haßle in Weyßland. Auß alten Cronicken gezogen. In seyner eygenen Melodey/ Oder in der Weyß: Kompt her zu mir/ spricht GOttes Sohn/ [et]c.

1660 · [Georg Sonnleitner] · 2 pictures

A 1660 German printed broadside song about the origins of the old Swiss, especially the land of Hasle in Weyßland, published by Georg Sonnleitner and held by UB Bern, meant to be sung to a set hymn melody. Its two pictures are small woodcut printer's ornaments: one is a central face or mask flanked by scrolling foliage and a banner reading 'Gedruckt im Jahr 1660', the other a symmetrical cartouche of interlaced scrollwork with hatched shading. A designer could draw on the dense, symmetrical strapwork and the carved, hatched line of these 17th-century German decorative headpieces for borders and frames.

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