Accession No

6103

Brief Description

ink drawing of a surveyor with MSS annotations, French [attributed], 16th Century

Origin

France [attributed]

Maker

Class

surveying; manuscripts

Earliest Date

1500

Latest Date

1600

Inscription Date

Material

paper; vellum

Dimensions

277mm x 194mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Tesseract, Box 151, Hudson-on-Hastings, New York, 10706, U.S.A., Catalogue 83, No. 22, on or before 08/02/2007.

Inscription

‘SPES MEA DEVS’

Description Notes

ink drawing of a surveyor with MSS annotations; french, 16th century

brown ink drawing of a well dressed surveyor holding rod and cords(?), paperbacked onto vellum. To the right of his head reads ‘SPES MEA DEVS’, to the left ‘Part mon Arismetique / Dieu ma donné Credit / D’Auoir de la practique / Si L’Arpentement dit / [monogram (?)R]’. Parallel to his rod reads ‘ma laitenest de (?)p. er 1/2’, below this are eight geometrical figures. Below his feet reads ‘ A Dieu la lande qui n’est point trop en lande / Mais bien plus tost en terme bien fertil / L’apenteur (?)uiert & bien te Recommende / D’entrentir Ce labeur bien subtil / PB’. Other feint MSS annotations can be seen elsewhere on the front and on the back of the vellum as well.

Condition: fair, worm holed, scruffed edges, worn, one tear to surveryors left leg.

In modern frame.

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