Napkin with the Plus Oultre pattern, anonymous, 1612 Canvas Print

Napkin with the Plus Oultre pattern, anonymous, 1612 Canvas Print

Napkin made of linen damask with the Plus Oultre pattern. Midfield: Emperor Charles V with crown and with the Reichsword in front of him; under the sword the Orb of the Kingdom; above the emperor a spell band with the inscription CAROLUS; under the effigy the crowned columns of Hercules, standing in the water, and tossed by a text binding with inscription: PLUS OULTRE. Aside, a double row of coats of arms of Dutch regions with above them the name of the region in Gothic minuscules: ZUTPHEN, St EMPIRE, ZEELANT, NAMUR. Above these last two coats of arms the year 1612 and a large crowned shield with the coat of arms of Habsburg. Above that again a double row of provincial coats of arms: HAYNAULT, HOLLADE, FLANDRES, ARTOIS, LUXEBOURG, GUELDRE, BRABANDE, LIMBOURG. In the middle next to it the coat of arms of Austria covered by a crowned helmet with lambrequins and hanging with the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece; underneath the flint, firestroke and flaming cross of branches. Then, across the full breadth of the report, the two-line inweving: CONINCK VA SPAGNE VA NAPLIS VA PORTTUGALE VAN SECILIE. Above it in the middle the effigy of Philip II, king of Spain, flanked by two ornaments (the columns of Hercules?) just above the king a spell band: PHILIP. In the side of Philip the coat of arms of Utrecht and above it two provincial coats of arms: FRISE and MALINES. Running edges: single; hurled branch with leaves, flowers, fruits and a few birds.

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