Ein schön Lied, von dem Edlen Hiltebrandt
A 1603 German broadside ballad, 'Ein schön Lied, von dem Edlen Hiltebrandt', printed by Vincentz im Hofs Erben and held by UB Bern, likely meant for sale and singing among ordinary readers. Its single woodcut shows a mounted rider with a staff or sceptre, a small house on the horizon and a hound running below, rendered in bold, simple black lines that suggest how a designer might use chunky, hand-cut graphic shapes for narrative scenes.
