322 - Lapis polaris, magnes

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Cote

MCPP/FF/FPR/L/322

Titre

Lapis polaris, magnes

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  • c. 1580-1605 (Création/Production)

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Engraving on paper

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Nom du producteur

Ferrar, Nicholas (1593–1637), religious writer and administrator
(1593-1637)

Notice biographique

Educated at Clare Hall/College; Fellow of Clare. From 1618 to 1624 he was director to the affairs of the Virginia Company. Ferrar was ordained as a deacon in 1626 and founded the small Anglican community of Little Gidding, Huntingdonshire, shortly after his mother Mary Ferrar purchased the land there in 1624.

Nom du producteur

Ferrar, John (1588–1657), merchant and politician
(1588-1657)

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Histoire archivistique

The loose Ferrar prints were conserved in 2014-2015. Please note that the digital images of the prints were captured before conservation work took place.

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      20.3 cm x 26.6 cm

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      Note

      Engraver: Jan Collaert I (attributed to)
      Publisher: Philips Galle
      After Jan van der Straet

      Note

      Part of collection of nineteen prints from the series Nova Reperta, which depicts new inventions and discoveries in the 'modern' world (as opposed to the classical world of antiquity). This plate illustrates the invention of the compass.
      Plate 2

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      Text in the lower margin: "Lapis reclusit iste Flavio abditum / Poli suum hunc amorem, at ipse nauitae."

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      Digital image of the print available online (subscription service only).

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          New Hollstein (324.I)

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