JSTov. 13. 1852.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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sacred name niiT'- A scroll runs across the pic- 

 ture with the words " In liefd getrouen." 



Under these pictures, running the whole length 

 of the room, is a black roller, from which hangs a 

 large white sheet mounted like a map, made to 

 roll up at will, containing the following inscription : 



" RetORICA seer AERDICH WORT DOOR BaOCHQS WEER 

 ONWAERDICH, 



Hier ist bibel inde bol ' Want 



wanneer het volck is vol 



dan SCO handeltmen van boecken.' die elck door sijn 



ondersoecken 

 na sijn Sin te dracien weet ' Hier siet elck een anders 



leet. 

 Hier spreeekt d' eene voor Caluinis, en den ander 



voor Arminius 

 D'ander die hanght luijter aen Menns wort oock 



voor gestaen 

 En een ander prijst Sosijnus • vrijgeest roemt op lij- 



bertijnus 

 Ja de Jootse kerck seer out, wort hier mee hoch op 



gebout 

 Somm verwerpan Predick ampten, gelijck doen veel 



kooleds Janten, 

 Machomet prijst d' Alcoran, den soosist hanght dwael- 



geest An 

 maer't konsijlium van trenten, verbant al deef argu- 



menten." 



Over this large roll, apparently inscribed upon 

 the wall, are these words : 



" Door der druiven soetheijt rapen wij solaes." 



A long table covered with green cloth runs 

 along the whole length of the room under this 

 wall. At the side nearest the spectator, and at 

 the end nearest the fire-place, sits a figure in a red 

 slashed doublet, a grey cloak falling down upon 

 his chair, and his pipe, with a long glass full of 

 wine, beside him on the table : he holds in his 

 right hand a glove ; and his hat is grey, with a red 

 band. At his foot is a shield with this inscription : 



" P [? . . .] kan ick vlie 

 Moer hoort eens wie 

 Hier spreckt als prests 

 Dwaes sielix geschie 

 Soe ten recht sie 

 Ist wijt van fests." 



There is some vacant space between this gentle- 

 man and his next neighbour, and in this space 

 stands a violoncello, leaning against the table. 

 But the next figure has his back to us altogether. 

 He is evidently a Roman ecclesiastic, perhaps a 

 Jesuit, and has on his head the square cap. A long 

 rosary of beads, with a cross, hangs fi'ora his waist. 

 Under his chair lies a large folio book, inscribed 

 " Concilium von Trent." His right hand and arm 

 are extended, as if in conversation with one of those 

 opposite to him. Under his chair sits a red and 

 white spaniel dog, apparently asleep. Beside him, 

 at the end of the table, stands a Calvin-like figure, 

 in black cap, and robe trimmed with fur. Under 



his left arm he holds a book ; and from his left 

 hand depends a shield with this inscription : 

 " O tyt veel maar een 



van eeuwighteen 



is uyt verkooren 



Wie tegens reen 



hier toe seijt neen 



is niet herbooren." 



This figure holds his right hand extended, and 

 is evidently addressing his next neighbour, who sits 

 at the end of the table with iiis back to the wall, and 

 a large book open before him. This personage has 

 his head uncovered, and is attentively listening to 

 the Calvin-like divine just described. He has on a 

 Geneva gown trimmed with fur, and a ruff" round 

 his neck. 



At his right sits a jovial character, with black 

 bonnet, playing the guitar, and evidently paying no 

 attention to what is going on around him. His 

 next neighbour, however, a grave divine, seems to 

 be in conversation with the Roman Catholic eccle- 

 siastic already spoken of, who sits at the opposite 

 side of the table. This venerable personage has a 

 book open before him, and is in the dress of an 

 English ecclesiastic of the seventeenth century, 

 with beard and skull-cap. 



Two other figures, who are sitting at the table 

 against the wall, complete the company we Iiave to 

 describe. They are in close conversation. One of 

 them is evidently a secular personage, with a 

 feather in his cap, a ruff round his neck, and a gay 

 dress : nevertheless he Is speaking earnestly to his 

 neighbour, and a closed book lies on the table 

 beside him. The other, who sits nearer to the 

 fire-place, and at the farthest end of the table, is 

 in black, with a black hat, and has a book open 

 before him, to which he seems to be appealing in 

 the argument. All the figures in this picture have 

 the appearance of being portraits. 



I am greatly afraid that this description of the 

 picture may be too long for insertion in " N. & Q." 

 But if you can Insert it, I have no doubt that some 

 of your Dutch correspondents will be able to send 

 me an answer to my Query, " What is the history 

 and meaning of this picture ? " 



I have only to add that the Dutch inscriptions 

 have been decyphered and transcribed for me by a 

 learned friend. James H. Todd. 



Trinity Coll. Dublin. 



MEDALLIC QUERIES. 



Thanking Mr. Evans for his references to 

 Bergmann and the Tresor de Numismatique et de 

 Glyptique, and hoping still to obtain some inform- 

 ation relative to the other medals enumerated in 

 my communication of the 5th June, I now further 

 beg to add a few more Queries, viz. : 



1. Who was the Antonio Bossi represented on a 

 medal (size 16f , Mionnet's scale), which reads "An- 



