woensdag 13 januari 2016

Historic plaques

Two plaques at the facade in the Haarlemmerstreet in Amsterdam.



They both have the same name but with different orthography. They belonged to Jan Pietersz, a barge carrier from Langendijk a little village to the north of Amsterdam, who became burgher of Amsterdam in 1602. In 1631 he had built two houses at this place and his name was now Jan Pietersz. Langendijck.
The sculptor of the two plaques had some great imagination, the view at the village "Broek op Langendijk" is not very realistic, What village had four churches in those days and the orthography of the name of the village is also not correct at the second plaque.
In 2014 the houses were renovated and the plaques were restored and replaced as well.
Linking to Signs, signs.

16 opmerkingen:

  1. I would have walked right by and never seen these! Wonder why the four churches ? All very interesting.

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  2. I agree with Janey, the plaques are so high up, difficult to spot them. Glad you spotted them Marianne! It's lovely they were restored and put back in the renovated building.

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  3. What luck to have a librarian to interpret these scenes for us! Thanks, Mariane!

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  4. These are the most beautiful plaques.
    I think you walked the nose toward the sky, when you noticed these… :)

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  5. Interesting observations, Marianne. I remember seeing many of these kinds of plaques while traveling in Europe. So happy they are restored along with the buildings.

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  6. Ah, proof that it really is useful to have language rules. ;) How interesting that the designer wanted viewers to think the village had four churches.

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  7. A very decorative historical plaque even if it isn't accurate.

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  8. Altijd interessant om ook dat stukje historie erbij te weten. Mooie gevelstenen!

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  9. Protected against pigeons, too, I see. :-)

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  10. They may have an error or two in the plaques but they are well done.

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  11. Very pretty, even with the mistakes. I'm glad they were restored.

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  12. Amsterdam has the most interesting historical plaques.

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  13. Not much is missed by your photographic eye. This is a really nice plaque and good to hear these oldies get restored and given new life, which we would not see if it wern't for you. Thanks for all the interesting history and photos you give us daily.

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  14. You have a good eye Marianne, it pays to look up.. the signs may not be exactly right but they are still lovely to discover and see.

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