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Spelen va[n] zi[n]ne byden xix. gheco[n]firmeirde[n] cameren van rhetorijcken : binne[n[ der stede van Ghendt co[m]parerende, [ver]tooght, volghende den octroye vander K. Maiesteyt, Graue va[n] Vlaendren, onzen gheduchte[n] heere, schepenen der zeluer stede en[de] camere van rhetorijcke vand' helighe Drivuldigheyt ghezeyt de Fonteynisten, verleent, en[de] der quarte wtghezo[n]de[n] op de questye welc de[n] me[n]sche steruen[de] meesten troost es : de zelue spelen beghinnende by ordre zoo, hier naer volght den xij. junij int jaer MCCCCCxxxix, en[de] wierden vulspeilt en[de] ghehendt den xxiij. vanden jare en[de] maendt voorschreuen

Lambrecht, Joos · 1539 · Gheprentt te Ghendt : Teghe[n] ouer tstadt huus by my Joos Lambrecht, lettersteker · 6 pictures

A 1539 Dutch printed record of a festival of plays staged by the rhetoricians' chamber of Ghent, printed in Ghent by Joos Lambrecht, a letter-cutter, for the city's chambers of rhetoric and their public. The pictures are small diamond-framed woodcut emblems with heraldic shields, scrolls, and banners, offering a designer a compact model for badge-like insignia with inscriptions and radiating sunburst or rain motifs.

Chambers of rhetoric · Dutch drama · Festivals

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