Edmund A. Bowles collection of musical iconography, 1300-1985
Edmund Bowles (born 1925) is a musicologist specializing in the history of the timpani and other musical instruments. This collection consists of photostats and photographic prints of musical iconography dating from 1300 through 1985, the bulk of which was created during the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries. It is especially rich in representations of percussion instruments, particularly the timpani, and includes a considerable amount of…
Contributor:
Bowles, Edmund A. (Edmund Addison)
Date:1300
Photo, Print, Drawing
Royal Coin, Philip VI, Chaise d'Or.
Monnaie royale, Philippe VI, chaise d'or
The chaise d'or was a French gold coin, first issued in the early 14th century, bearing the figure of the king seated on a large throne. This coin, issued under Philip VI (born, 1293; reigned, 1328--50), shows the king in his majesty, seated facing forward on a Gothic throne, crowned, holding the scepter and hand of justice in a lobed trefoil. The reverse side…
Franc à cheval, John II.
Franc à cheval, Jean II
The franc à cheval was ordered issued on December 5, 1360 to finance the ransom of King John II (born 1319; reigned, 1350--64), who had been taken prisoner by the English at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356, during the Hundred Years' War. The ransom totaled a vast 3 million écus, and the fact that the coin was used to secure the release of…
Photo, Print, DrawingEdmund A. Bowles collection of musical iconography, 1300-1985 Edmund Bowles (born 1925) is a musicologist specializing in the history of the timpani and other musical instruments. This collection consists of photostats and photographic prints of musical iconography dating from 1300 through 1985, the bulk of which was created during the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries. It is especially rich in representations of percussion instruments, particularly the timpani, and includes a considerable amount of…
Photo, Print, DrawingRoyal Coin, Philip VI, Chaise d'Or.
Photo, Print, DrawingFranc à cheval, John II.