Gedenkpenning pestepidemie in Utrecht

Gedenkpenning pestepidemie in Utrecht

<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">The plague struck relentlessly in Utrecht between 1573 and 1576. In those years, around 15 to 20 percent of the population died: 3-4000 victims out of an estimated population of 20,000. This medallion was minted in 1573 to commemorate this terrible epidemic. It shows that even then people sought ways to come to terms with such traumatic experiences.</span></p>

The plague struck relentlessly in Utrecht between 1573 and 1576. In those years, around 15 to 20 percent of the population died: 3-4000 victims out of an estimated population of 20,000. This medallion was minted in 1573 to commemorate this terrible epidemic. It shows that even then people sought ways to come to terms with such traumatic experiences.

This object is now not on display in the museum

Title

Gedenkpenning pestepidemie in Utrecht

Artist

Dating

1573

Material and technique

zilver, geslagen

Object number

1348

Object type

penning, gedenkpenning

Acquisition

onbekend voor 1878

Dimensions

diameter 4.9 cm

Inscriptions and markings

  • omschrift kz : VVLNERIBVS . CVRO . VVLNERA . VESTRA . MEIS . C. V. E. 15 [het wapen van de stad utrecht] 73 .

  • omschrift vz : CVRATOREM . ANIMI . MEDICVMQVE . FIGVRO . SALVATIS [het wapen van de stad utrecht]

What

sociale zorg (gezondheidszorg) (Utrecht) (sociaal-economisch)

When

Habsburgse tijd en Republiek 1528-1795

Remarks

Deze penning is geslagen in navolging van een gouden penning, die in 1539 in Duitsland vervaardigd is naar aanleiding van de heersende pest. Zie Pestilentia in nummis, p. 83, nr. 266.

Documentation

  • Catalogus van het Historisch Museum der stad [1928: munten, penningen en zegels], inl. W.C. Schuylenburg. [samenst. C.H. de Jonge], (Utrecht, 1928), cat. nr. 3774

  • Catalogus van het Museum van Oudheden [1878], door S. Muller Fz.. S. Muller Fz., (Utrecht, 1878), cat. nr. 1877

  • Catalogus van het Museum van Oudheden [1904], door S. Muller Fz.. S. Muller Fz., (Utrecht, 1904), cat. nr. 3080

Exhibitions

  • De gezonde stad , Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2022

Persistent url

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https://hdl.handle.net/21.12130/collect.7DB3E3E3-BE9C-4551-806D-4257994F012E

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