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- Title
Esther Inglis & Maurice of Nassau.
- Authors
Bakker, Anneke
- Abstract
This article concentrates on a manuscript that the calligrapher Esther Inglis (1571-1624) dedicated to Maurice of Nassau (1567-1625) in 1599. She was of Huguenot descent and lived in Edinburgh. He was heavily involved in the Dutch Revolt. During her lifetime she produced a number of gift books, of which some 60 are still extant, usually religious in content, written in a variety of hands, carefully decorated and bound, their size sometimes not much larger than a matchbox. They were offered to high placed persons within the circle of the Scottish and English courts, in the hope of a reward. In 1599, however, she decided to present a booklet to Maurice. Why? This article traces Maurice’s role in the Protestant cause as the main reason for the manuscript’s production, shows the influence of Dutch propaganda prints in its decoration and looks at how it could have reached Maurice.
- Subjects
INGLIS, Esther, 1571-1624; GIFT books; CALLIGRAPHERS; MANUSCRIPTS; PROTESTANTS
- Publication
Quaerendo, 2018, Vol 48, Issue 1, p39
- ISSN
0014-9527
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1163/15700690-12341396