Commemorative medals printed on the occasion of the tercentenary of the invention of the art of printing
Seiz, J.C. (auteur/author)
Enschedé, Joannes (uitgever/publisher)
Enschedé, Izaak (uitgever/publisher)
year: 1740
type: prent penning
print medal
detail: nee
dimensions: 16,5 x 11 cm.
related persons: Coster, Laurens Janszoon Holtzhey, Martinus
related terms: boekdrukkunst
period: 15e eeuw 18e eeuw
classification:
D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst
contents: The print shows the front and reverse of two silver commemorative medals made by the Amsterdam medallist Martinus Holtzhey. The front of the large medal (at the top) shows, among other things, the patroness of the city giving a thanks-offering to heaven for the fortunate fact that the art of printing was invented in her town, with the city of Haarlem in the background. On the left front of the medal we see Laurens Jansz Coster in the Haarlemmerhout with a piece of type in his right hand. He is talking to Wisdom in the shape of Minerva, while the light falling upon him indicates that the art of printing `is pouring down from a higher light'.
origineel:
source: Seiz, Johann Christiaan. - Het derde jubeljaar der uitgevondene boekdrukkonst. - Haarlem: I. en J. Enschede, 1740, t.o. p. 109
available in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 3087 E 11
©description: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
©reproduction: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
|
||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
|
