{"product_id":"a-17th-century-woman-heraldist","title":"A 17th-century woman heraldist!?","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e“Anna Neytsen” [= Anna-Felicia Neyts (d. 1704)(?)].\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e[Heraldic working manuscript].\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eNetherlands (Bruges?), in or shortly after 1669.\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #196b24; mso-themecolor: accent3;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eFolio (32 x 21 cm.), 128 leaves, manuscript on paper, executed in ink and pencil. Comprising over 2.500\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ee0000;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ecoats of arms, systematically arranged and captioned, with numerous annotations, corrections, excluding several pages of blank shields. Also some pasted paper flaps, revealing revised versions of individual arms while preserving earlier states beneath—clear evidence of an active and evolving working process. Several blank leaves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eModern calf, covers decorated with blind-tooled fillets and corner ornaments, spine with five raised bands.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e              \u003c\/span\u003e“Memorandum of the crest devices that I still lack to draw, and some others that are still missing.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eWith this sentence, Anna Neytsen opens her heraldic working manuscript, which encompasses a vast collection of arms from the Northern and Southern Netherlands, northern France and the German lands, with a particular focus on completing the crests and other elements above the shield.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThe manuscript was very possibly compiled by Anna-Felicia Neyts (d. 1704), of the prominent Bruges Neyts family of Bruges and the Brugse Vrije, a milieu in which heraldic knowledge formed an important component of aristocratic and patrician identity. The only internal date is 1669, recorded in a note concerning the recent death of an individual. Together with the characteristically 17th-century hand, this provides a secure terminus for the manuscript, which was likely compiled in or shortly after that year.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThe association with a named female hand is of considerable interest. Female participation in heraldic practice is extremely rare, and while the precise extent of Neyts’s authorship cannot be established with absolute certainty, the manuscript offers valuable evidence for women’s involvement in the compilation and transmission of heraldic knowledge in the 17th century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThe manuscript is further distinguished by its focus on crest devices (\u003ci\u003etimbres\u003c\/i\u003e). Early modern heraldic collections often privilege the shield alone, whereas the present volume is explicitly concerned with the completion and documentation of the elements above it. With approximately 2,700 drawn arms, it represents a notably extensive working corpus.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eRather than a presentation volume, this is a freely worked reference manuscript, rich in corrections, additions, and layered revisions, offering an unusually direct insight into working practices.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eCondition: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003ebinding slightly rubbed at edges, parts of a couple pages removed, some writing in pencil faded, otherwise in very good condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReference: \u003c\/b\u003efor Anna-Felicia Neyts see: Van den Abeele, A., (2001) “Jacob en Frans Neyts en hun familieleden: enkele biografische aanvullingen”, \u003ci\u003eHandelingen van het Genootschap voor Geschiedenis\u003c\/i\u003e 138(1-2), 56-100.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Artem Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53523760382295,"sku":null,"price":12500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/9248\/9647\/files\/f83c1a8c-3eed-4108-808c-f9f53e7c0fe0.png?v=1778581713","url":"https:\/\/artemrarebooks.com\/products\/a-17th-century-woman-heraldist","provider":"Artem Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}