Detail of a wonderfish with 2 human legs, a sword, 2 pikes, and a godly warning on the fish skin. The image of part of a broadside published in Augsburg, Germany, in 1616.

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   Daniel Bellingradt (dbellingradt@historians.social)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Apr-2024 00:41:50 JST Daniel Bellingradt

   WEWEWEDENME - what?

   Fancy a story of a wonderfish with 2 human legs, a sword, 2 pikes, and a godly warning on the fish skin? Welcome to #earlymodern Europe's world of publishing: this fish story hit the news in 1616, just 2 years before the #ThirtyYearsWar broke out, and used an unusual warning code: WEWEWEDENME - in German: Wehe, Wehe, Wehe den Menschen. Let's start a thread. #histodons #bookhistory #mediahistory #history