The broadside's layout can be seen: a headline on the top, two images, and a text part of 2 columns. The fish is one of the images.

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   Daniel Bellingradt (dbellingradt@historians.social)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Apr-2024 00:41:49 JST Daniel Bellingradt

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   Let's start with the abbreviated warning "WEWEWEDENME" featured on the fish skin. In German this stands for "Wehe, Wehe, Wehe den Menschen".

   This warning fish was part of a hand-colored broadside published in 1616 #Augsburg. If you fancy a detailed look at the single sheet print yourself, zoom in here: http://diglib.hab.de/drucke/38-25-aug-2f-801r/start.htm

   But what was the print all about? And why is god delivering a warning message on fish skin you may ask? Well, let's follow this thread.