Monday, July 07, 2008

Old Belgrade

historic belgrade (beograd) map ~1715

Podroban nacrt Beograda i tvrdave (1710-1720) (artist unknown)



Beograd map 1695 by H van Loon

Beograd map 1695 by H van Loon



A View and Representation of the Battle of Belgrade, 1717 by I Carnitham (England's Glory)

('England's Glory') A View and Representation of the
Battle of Belgrade, 1717 by I Carnitham. ('England's Glory')



Beograd - izgled sa savske strane - K Gebel (umetnik) E Veikselgartner (lithography) J Haler (stampar) (undated)

Beograd - izgled sa savske strane - K Gebel (umetnik)
E Veikselgartner (lithography) J Haler (stampar) (undated)



Beograd - pogled sa ugarske strane, 1700-1710 (artist uknown)

Beograd - pogled sa ugarske strane, 1700-1710 (artist uknown)



Beograd by Johann Poppel, 1850

Beograd by Johann Poppel, 1850



Beograd by Njilliam Henry Bartlett - umetnik. Edvard Brandart, graver (undated)

Beograd by Njilliam Henry Bartlett - umetnik. Edvard Brandart, graver (undated)



Bitka kod Beograda, 1716 (artist unknown)

Bitka kod Beograda, 1716 (artist unknown)



Otkrivanje spomenika knjaza Mihaila - lithograph by R Linhart, 1882

Otkrivanje spomenika knjaza Mihaila - lithograph by R Linhart, 1882



Plan Beograda, 1730s (artist uknown)

Plan Beograda, 1730s (artist uknown)



Plan grada i tvrdave Beograda by S Mancini, 1780s

Plan grada i tvrdave Beograda by S Mancini, 1780s



Pogled sa Zemuna na Beograd. Jacob Alt - umetnik, Adolf Kunike - stampar. 1826 (Syrimen und Turkey)

Pogled sa Zemuna na Beograd. Jacob Alt - umetnik,
Adolf Kunike - stampar. 1826 (Syrimen und Turkey)



Predstavljanje velicanstvene pobede Karla 6. nad Turksom kod Beograda by Joh David + Ben Kenckel, 1717

Predstavljanje velicanstvene pobede Karla 6.
nad Turksom kod Beograda by Joh David + Ben Kenckel, 1717



Projekt spomenika knezu M. Mihailu Obrenovicu 3. Mikesin, Mihailo Osipovic, 1860s

Projekt spomenika knezu M. Mihailu
Obrenovicu 3. Mikesin, Mihailo Osipovic, 1860s



Zemun. Hildburghausen. undated

Zemun. Hildburghausen. undated


Friday, July 04, 2008

Scrapbook Florilegium

Elisabeth zu Hessen, Kassel 1598 f


Mandragora


Elisabeth zu Hessen, Kassel 1598 d


dragon


Elisabeth zu Hessen, Kassel 1598 h


Elisabeth zu Hessen, Kassel 1598 i


Elisabeth zu Hessen, Kassel 1598


Elisabeth zu Hessen, Kassel 1598 j


Elisabeth zu Hessen, Kassel 1598 c


Elisabeth zu Hessen, Kassel 1598 g


Tulips


Elisabeth zu Hessen, Kassel 1598 a


Elisabeth zu Hessen, Kassel 1598 b


A couple of months ago, we saw an album of hand-coloured allegorical illustrations about a festival held on the occasion of the baptism of Princess Elizabeth of Hessen in 1596.

It turns out that there are three related works held by the Munich State Library. They are: BSB Cod.icon. 340 (we saw last time); BSB Cod.icon. 27(1 {the present botanical album} [translation] and BSB Cod.icon. 27(2 {I haven't had much of a look at this due to the present bandwidth problems, but it seems to be another allegorical festival work relating to an Essen royal parade}.

I *think* the present florilegium was painted onto pages from both of the Essen tournament works, hence making up a kind of scrapbook. The binding bears a date of 1606 and the volume is made up from pages out of the books from 1596 and 1598 by Wilhelm Dilich. The botanical artist is not known and their lush naturalistic watercolour flowers are accompanied by latin taxonomic names.

It was surely an eccentric editorial choice to paint beautiful flowers alongside such striking imagery as beheadings and dragons!

Thursday, July 03, 2008

Grab Bag

Pharmacopoea Harlemensis c.1750

'Harlemi apud Petrum van Assendelft - Pharmacopoea Harlemensis'

Engraving by Jan Caspar Philips, 1750. Spliced together from screencaps and sourced from the North Holland Archives. There's precious little information online about this Dutch engraver (nor this engraving) who is best known for a series of portrait plates made of senior Mennonite Ministers.


Verhael met den Almanach - Jacob Mesens 1692 b


Verhael met den Almanach - Jacob Mesens 1692 a


Verhael met den Almanach - Jacob Mesens 1692

'Verhael met den Almanach..' is a very small 1692 folklore book by Jacob Mesens with a number of slightly absurd woodcuts (in the manner of le monde renversé), combined with a couple of poems. It is easily accessible from the Antwerp Library Archives.



Koebels Wappenbuch


Koebels Wappenbuch a

'Wapen. Des Heyligen Römischen Reichs Teutscher Nation' or Koebel's Wappenbuch (Coat of Arms book) is interesting because the heraldic symbols are all featured on flags - although perhaps not so obviously with the two example images - held aloft by the mercenaries known as Landsknechts (seen recently). Published in 1545 by Jacob Koebel, this rare wappenbuch features around one hundred and fifty full page illustrations (by Jacob Kallenberg - monogramme: 'IK') of the puffy shirt-wearing, armor-clad flag bearers; and in passing, I noted a subsequent edition from the late 16th century selling for ~€4000. The complete book is available online at the Bavarian State Library. [via Archivalia]


Buch der Kunst dadurch der weltliche Mensch mag geistlich werden - Johann Bämler 1477


Buch der Kunst dadurch der weltliche Mensch mag geistlich werden - Johann Bämler 1477 a


Buch der Kunst dadurch der weltliche Mensch mag geistlich werden - Johann Bämler 1477 b


Buch der Kunst dadurch der weltliche Mensch mag geistlich werden - Johann Bämler 1477 c


'Buch der Kunst dadurch der weltliche Mensch mag geistlich werden' (something like: Art book to help the secular man find spirituality). This incunabulum was published in Augsburg by Johann Bämler in 1477 and is as good a place as any for all your medieval woodcut devil and tentacle seahorse porn needs. The book is hosted by Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart - their digital collection is only modest in size but contains some interesting items.


Jeremiasz Falck -  Pyramides ante fores Regii Hospitii in fordo Civitatis Gedanensis Collocatae 1646


'Pyramides ante fores Regii Hospitii in fordo Civitatis Gedanensis Collocatae'



Arcus circa festivitatem


'Arcus circa festivitatem Regiarum nuptiarum in
medio Longae Plateae civitatis Gedanensis erectus'

Description: Triumphal gate with Atlas and Hercules, built in Gdańsk in honour of Ludwika Maria Gonzaga.


Martivs - Falck

Martius

All these three illustrations, from 1646, were produced by Jeremiasz Falck, a Polish artist who worked all over Europe. The Martius illustration was designed by the great German Baroque artist, Joachim von Sandrart. I confess to having no clue as to the nature of those elaborate ornamental calligraphy prints but presume they were commemorative works, given the description of the 'Arcus Circa' design. A portrait of Ludwika Maria Gonzaga is actually among a small collection of illustrations by Falck hosted by the Polish Digital Library (put 'Falck' in the search box to return eight prints and a portrait of the artist).


Mouse Reading Newspaper - Beatrix Potter

The latest Sothebys* catalogue (English Literature, History, Children's Books & Illustrations) lists a number of previously unknown original ink and watercolour sketches by Beatrix Potter. The bespectacled mouse illustration (1890) above, spliced together from screencaps, displays Potter's fondness for drawing mice reading newspapers, a subject which appears in a number of her works.
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Fly Domesticity

I have absolutely zero recollection and no notes in relation to this image. If anyone has any info. about the repository, artist or date, please let us know.



Russian Cthulu

I left the title tag with 'Russian Cthulu'* in deference to the Babs71 LiveJournal site owner's entry. They photographed this map in a local shop in Russia. It's trilingual (Finnish + Swedish as well as Russian) and was probably produced in Scandinavia. It was made after 1900* (the Paris Exhibition is noted on the map). Some of the caricatures appears to be non-contemporary national symbols/people and some of the imagery has been lifted from previous joco-serious cartographic curiosities.

*Update: P-E Fronning comments:
"..it says on the map "Europe and the world's largest monarchy before its overthrow" so I guess either it is a call to overthrow the government or it is made 1917 or after."

 
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