Jacob van Meurs — Printers' Devices

Running deer wearing a collar with the inscription "C.L."(?)

1676×1

Also used by: widow of Jan Jacobsz Schipper, Jacob de Zetter, Joannes van Someren, Henricus Wetstein, Anonymous

dpd_0113

Running deer wearing a collar with the inscription "C.L."(?)

25F24(DEER)(+5212) hoofed animals: deer (+ running animal)

34B111(+0) collar (of a dog) (+ variant)

49L8 inscription

83(PARADIN, Devises heroïques) (PARADIN, Devises heroïques) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title)

86(HOC CAESAR ME DONAVIT) proverbs, sayings, etc. (HOC CAESAR ME DONAVIT)

Prudence (a woman with two faces, with one of which she is looking in a mirror, while she is holding a bundle of snakes) trampling on Envy (a man lying face down on the earth, snakes for hair) in the background: two ships on a rough sea; buildings on the shore of a calm sea; frame decorated with the head of Envy in four corners

1665×1, 1668×2

dpd_0359

Prudence (a woman with two faces, with one of which she is looking in a mirror, while she is holding a bundle of snakes) trampling on Envy (a man lying face down on the earth, snakes for hair) in the background: two ships on a rough sea; buildings on the shore of a calm sea; frame decorated with the head of Envy in four corners

11M41:5(+221) Prudence, 'Prudentia'; 'Prudenza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues❧Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ one concept conquering the other)

11N32:5(+22) Envy; 'Invidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins❧Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ strife between concepts)

25F42 snakes

25G3(PALM-TREE)(+22) trees: palm-tree (+ branch, stick)

25H133 beach

31A511 mirror

31AA442(+41) anthropomorphic beings with parts in greater number than normal - AA - female human figure (+ head, face)

31AA4542(+42) monsters ~ snakes - AA - female human figure (+ hair, feathers)

45I62 conqueror (on horseback) tramples conquered

46C24(+63) sailing-ship, sailing-boat (+ under way, at sea (~ travelling))

48A98(+2) ornaments ~ art (+ framing decorations)

48A9823 ornament ~ hybrid beings; human and animal forms mixed

48A98313 branches, 'Astwerk' ~ ornament

48A9851 ribbon, scroll, banderole ~ ornament

49L8 inscription

86(INVIDIAE PRUDENTIA VICTRIX) proverbs, sayings, etc. (INVIDIAE PRUDENTIA VICTRIX)

Mercury (with Caduceus, Petasus and winged sandals) standing on a globe holding a book (?)

1677×1

Also used by: Dirk (I) Boom, Hendrick Boom, Joannes van Someren

dpd_0582

Mercury (with Caduceus, Petasus and winged sandals) standing on a globe holding a book (?)

25A13 globe

31A2763 floating in the air

49M32 book

92B57 specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury; Mercury as patron

92B58(CADUCEUS) caduceus (staff with two snakes, attribute of Mercury)

92B58(PETASUS) attributes of Mercury: petasus, a winged sun hat

92B58(WINGED SANDALS) attributes of Mercury: winged sandals

Open book on lectern with floral ornament and crown, a 'Hausmarke' combined with the initials "C.C."

1675×1, 1678×1

The device of Christoffel Cunradus in this period

Also used by: Hendrick Boom, Christoffel Cunradus, Jan van Duisberg, Rembertus Goethals, Johannes (II) Janssonius van Waesberge, Joannes van Someren, widow of Joannes van Someren, Lodewijck Spillebout, widow of Paulus Stroobant, Franck Janssen Vos, Abraham Wolfgang, Anonymous

dpd_0598

Open book on lectern with floral ornament and crown, a 'Hausmarke' combined with the initials "C.C."

44B191 crown (symbol of sovereignty)

48A983 ornament derived from plant forms

48A98311 foliage ~ ornament

48A98783 floral interlace ~ ornament

49L16 letter combinations such as letterword, anagram, letter square, monogram, etc.

49L271 'huismerk', 'Hausmarke'

49MM32 book - MM - book open

49N21 lectern ~ reading

Saint Christopher, with the infant Christ on his shoulders, wading through the water and carrying his staff (palm-tree); a hermit stands on the river bank, a lantern in his hand; hybrids of mixed human, animal and floral shape holding the frame decorated with a mascaron; initials "C.C"

1678×1

Also used by: Christoffel Cunradus, Christoffel Luycken, Joannes van Someren

dpd_0714

Saint Christopher, with the infant Christ on his shoulders, wading through the water and carrying his staff (palm-tree); a hermit stands on the river bank, a lantern in his hand; hybrids of mixed human, animal and floral shape holding the frame decorated with a mascaron; initials "C.C"

11H(CHRISTOPHER)51 St. Christopher, with the infant Christ on his shoulders, wading through the water and carrying his staff (palm-tree); sometimes a hermit stands on the further bank beside a chapel, a lantern in his hand

25G3(+225) trees (+ withered branch)

25H213 river

31A45(+3) monsters of mixed human and animal shape; 'Mostri' (Ripa) (+ legs, wings, etc.)

44B193 orb (symbol of sovereignty; sphere with cross on top)

46C1111 crossing a river

46C1271 carrying a person on one's back

48A98(+2) ornaments ~ art (+ framing decorations)

48A98211 mask, mascaron ~ ornament

48A9823 ornament ~ hybrid beings; human and animal forms mixed

48A98311 foliage ~ ornament

49L16 letter combinations such as letterword, anagram, letter square, monogram, etc.