250 - Time profitably spent

Identity area

Reference code

MCPP/FF/FPR/L/250

Title

Time profitably spent

Date(s)

  • undated (Creation)

Extent and medium

Engraving on paper

Context area

Name of creator

(1593-1637)

Biographical history

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 ... »

Archival history

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.

Conditions of access and use area

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

21.5 cm x 31.7 cm

Notes area

Note

Publisher: Gerard de Jode

Note

Part of a set of prints depicting the allegories of time.

Note

Text across the top of the print: "Temporis vtendi recta ratio, ad salutem proximi Te domini capiat, te nocte dieque fatiget Vinea, sit curae proximus vsq[ue] tibi".
Text in the lower margin: "Tempus quisque suum studijs impendere [...] sit tua prompta manus".

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