The Meal of Sorgheloos (allegory on Carelessness); a group of five figures dining; a servant with food entering the doorway at left, a child reaching up to the table at right and a small dog in the foreground; in a roundel. c.1490-1500 Pen and brown ink Verso: An escutcheon (?) Black chalk

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Royal, Military and Court Costumes from the time of James I The Jacobean era refers to the time period from 1603 to 1625 when King James I ruled both England and Scotland. The name James derives from the Hebrew Jacob; hence, Jacobean: a descriptive term applied to the literature, decorative arts and architecture produced during that first quarter of the 17th century. Most notably, it was the age of Shakespeare. The charming images below are courtesy of Folger Shakespeare Library and the majority have been background spot-cleaned to one extent or another. Mouse-over the last two images for a little surprise, individual browser and operating system configurations allowing! [mouseover!] [mouseover!] To paraphrase the Fashion in Jacobean Times description page - and database entries - from the Folger Shakespeare Library: Little is known about this anonymous set from the early 17th century, but the watercolour sketches may have been produced by an Italian artist. Some of the styles portrayed are representative of continental, in addition to, English costume designs. The illustration scenes themselves are similar in style to those one might see in a friendship book -- a so-called album amicorum -- that was a fairly popular keepsake record from the period. The full set of thirty seven watercolour illustrations, entitled: 'Royal, military and court costumes of the time of James I', is accessible via the LUNA web database from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Although you can click through to enlarged images above (spliced together from screencaps as I recall), the hosting site provides high resolution / high magnification sectional image files. Jacobean *era* links: one, two. Previously: Alba Amicorum <>~~<> Liber Amicorum <>~~<> Facebook in the 1750s <>~~<> Simon Haendel's Stammbuch. Via a recent Folger tooltips entry on The Collation and @wynkenhimself. ELSEWHERE: Twitter | Delicious | Pinboard.

Totae Tabulae (Tavole Reale) Here is my research on a board (or tables) game from 1526 played on the Italian Peninsula. In the instructions written by Cardano* it is played with 15 pieces and 2 dic…

A Lady on Horseback in a Street in Florence; an elegantly dressed horsewoman, followed by her entourage, proceeds towards the viewer through a Florentine street, viewed in perspective and lined with palaces; a church stands in the background, hills beyond; a beggar in the right foreground holds out his hand for alms Engraving

SPLENDOR SOLIS - British Library, Harley 3469. 1582. I cannot resist any depiction of a bleach yard. And so here you have one of the 22 colored plates depicting the 22 Alchemical Stages of Salomon Trismosin's "Splendor Solis." The original manuscript of these plates is in the British Museum, dated 1582. Though the earliest version is considered to be at Kupferstichkabinett in the Prussian State Museum in Berlin, and dated 1532-35.

Lodewijk Toeput, dit Ludovico Pozzoserrato (Anvers, vers 1550 - Trévise, 1604/05), Scène de chasse & Scène de réjouissances dans un jardin italien. Photo Artcurial - Briest-Poulain-F.Tajan Paire d'huiles sur toiles; 213 x 159 cm (83,07 x 62,01 in.) -...

David Vinckboons, 1576 Mechelen – 1629 Amsterdam, zug. HÖFISCHE FESTGESELLSCHAFT MIT MUSIKERN IM PARK Öl auf Eichenholz. 47 x 62,5 cm. Reich in Samt und Seide gekleidete Gesellschaft um einen gedeckten Tisch vor einem dunklen Laubenspalier, das sich rechts mit dem Blick auf einen hell erleuchteten Schlossgarten öffnet. Am Tisch im Vordergrund ein junges Paar, das sich sitzend gegeneinander verneigt, während die übrige Gesellschaft auf einen Jüngling blickt, der sein Glas zum Trinkspruch erhebt. Rechts stehend ein Lautenspieler in Begleitung einer Sängerin mit Gesangbuch. Kostüme und Ausstattungsdetails äußerst fein wiedergegeben. In der rechten Ecke ein Weinkühler in Kupfer getrieben, mit fein gemalten Gläsern. (1061975) (11) David Vinckboons, 1576 Mechelen – 1632 Amsterdam, attributed COURT PARTY WITH MUSICIANS IN A PARK Oil on oak panel. 47 x 62.5 cm.

Consists of forty plates, bound without title page and imprint. Each plate depicts two images, numbered and with Latin captions, chiefly of single figures in...