В графическом собрании германского национального музея в Нюренберге хранится следующее изображение HB 296, представляющее, судя по описанию марбургского фотоархива, аллегорию голландца и испанца. Работа, вероятно, немецкая, и датируется 1598 годом.
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Europae Descriptio. Matthias Quad, Cologne, 1587.
Europe in the form of a woman is a well-known theme in maps representing living creatures. First drawn by Johannes Bucius in 1537, this subject appeared in editions of Sebastian Munster's Cosmography between 1580 and 1628, and in Bunting's Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae.
The design is oriented with west at the top of the map. Spain is the crowned head, Italy is the right arm, and Denmark the left. Eastern Europe forms the skirt of her dress, the hem of which runs northward from Greece. It has been suggested that the figure is not a women, but Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1519-56) and King of Spain (1516-56). The robes are sketchy enough to be either female or imperialm and the argument is based on the idea that Spain was at the time the 'crown of Europe.' The scepter in the left hand, which reaches the British Isles, becomes a symbol of the alliance between Charles V and Henry VIII.Reply
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то есть очень познавательно.
распечатали и изучаем..
спасибо :)
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