BEIN 2018 873: Embroidered purple silk binding with woven carrying strap and metal clasps; carrying strap broken and embroidery worn with some loss. Edges gilded. Number 1 of 2 titles bound together, with inscription: Alethea Fabritia [i.e. Alida Fabricia?]., Engraved title page, with architectural border., Vol. 2, with title "De prophecyen der propheten", has separate title page, dated 1627, foliation, and signatures; v. 3, with title "Het Nieuwe Testament", has separate title page, foliation, and signatures., and With the Apocrypha.
Manuscript on paper of Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer, Descriptio Orae Maritimae Frisiae. With 2 maps on vellum: the first, with Dutch place names and Latin legend, shows the coast of the Netherlands. The other, also in Dutch, shows the southern coast of England
Description:
In Dutch and Latin., Script: copied by one hand in calligraphic Humanistic cursive script. The scribe's knowledge of Latin was defective., The illustration consists of two maps and numerous profiles of coastal landmarks, all in coloured pen and ink drawings. The profiles are copied from the woodcuts in the printed edition., and Binding: contemporary Dutch parchment binding, gold-tooled. On the flat spine the handwritten inscription in Southern Gothica Textualis: “Carta del navigare del mare Oceano”.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., Great Britain, and Netherlands
Subject (Name):
Waghenaer, Lucas Janszoon, 1534 or 5-1606.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscript maps, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Description and travel
BEIN NEI1: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., Suit system: Latin., Type: Celebes Toradja., Composition of deck: 40 [A, K, C, J, 7-2]., Aces: with dragon., Court Cards: Courts hold suit signs; eyebrows, eyes and ears are sharply defined; kings sit on box-like thrones; cavaliers ride horses with solid bodies and extremely thin legs; jacks wear dress-like lower clothing., Pip Cards: Pip cards of swords and batons are arranged like pins in a pin cushion; the 2s of these suits depict double-headed monsters; vines decorate the cards of coins and cups; a fish creature appears on the 7s of these suits., and Decorative coloration is predominantly green and red.
BEIN NEI2: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., Suit system: Latin., Type: Celebes Toradja., Composition of deck: 40 [A, K, C, J, 7-2]., Aces: with dragon., Court Cards: Courts hold suit signs; eyebrows, eyes and ears are sharply defined; kings sit on box-like thrones; cavaliers ride horses with solid bodies and extremely thin legs; jacks wear dress-like lower clothing., Pip Cards: Pip cards of swords and batons are arranged like pins in a pin cushion; the 2s of these suits depict double-headed monsters; vines decorate the cards of coins and cups; a fish creature appears on the 7s of these suits., and Decorative coloration is predominantly green and red.
Linden, Jacobus van der, -1688, playing card maker
Published / Created:
[1680?]
Call Number:
HOL1
Image Count:
100
Resource Type:
text and still image
Description:
BEIN HOL1: Imperfect: Lacking Jack of Hearts, 3 of Hearts, 2 of Diamonds. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., French suit system., Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2]., Court cards: King of Spades : David; Queen of Spades: BARBERA: Jack of Spades: JACOBUS VAN DER LINDE: King of Hearts: JULES CESAR: Queen of Hearts: HELENE: King of Diamonds: K: CAREL: Jack of Diamonds: CAPIT NELV: King of Clubs: HECTOR: Jack of Clubs: JACOBUS VAN DER LINDE., and Pip cards: 4 of Hearts: Knecht.