Das Lied von der Schlacht beschehen vor Sempach, in Lucerner Biet gelegen
A 1599 German printed song-ballad about the Battle of Sempach, issued by the Zurich publisher Rudolff Wyssenbach and probably meant for a general readership. The two woodcut-style pictures are small decorative blocks: one shows two armoured halberdiers flanking a shield with a cross, the other a grotesque mask framed by scrollwork and strapwork. A designer could draw on their bold carved outlines, stiff heraldic poses and dense ornamental borders for historical or cartouche-style graphics.
