 | Karl Baedeker (Firm) - 1869 - Страниц: 390
...aLi'l God den Heer Verdroot gaf hi Vns Weder broot , zo VeeL V/I CVnsten Wenstheri' (ie literally: When the black famine had brought to the death nearly...and gave us bread again as much as we could wish). This inscription, which refers to the siege of 1574, is a chronogram, the larger letters (among which... | |
 | Karl Baedeker (Firm) - 1869 - Страниц: 418
...MensChen, aLs't God den Heer Verdroot gaf hi Vns Weder broot, sa VeeL WI CVnsten Wen»Cheri' (ie literally: When the black famine had brought to the death nearly...the Lord repented of it, and gave us bread again as ranch as we could wish). This inscription, which refers to the siege of 1574, is a chronogram, the... | |
 | 1875 - Страниц: 1084
...Stadhuis, reading, literally translated, " When the black famine had brought to the death nearly 6,000 persons, then God the Lord repented of it, and gave us bread again as much as we could wish." The inscription is a chronogram, the capitals in Dutch recording the date, and the 131 letters the... | |
 | Karl Baedeker - 1881 - Страниц: 504
...MensChen, aLi't yod den heer Verdroot gaf hl Vns Weder broot, zo VeeL WJ CVnsten WensCheri (ie literally: When the black famine had brought to the death nearly...and gave us bread again as much as we could wish). This inscription, which refers to the siege of 1574, is a chronogram, the capitals [among which W is... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1882 - Страниц: 418
...curious inscription. "What does the Dutch mean, father ? " asked Charles. " You have the guide-book." " It means, ' When the black famine had brought to the...and gave us bread again, as much as we could wish,' and the letters of the inscription tell the year of the siege and how long it lasted." " Why, how can... | |
 | James Hilton - 1882 - Страниц: 624
...GAF H! VNS WEDER BROOT, ^ zo VEEL WICVNSTEN WENSCHEN. = 1574 ie When the black famine had brought to death nearly six thousand persons, then God the Lord...and gave us bread again as much as we could wish. This inscription refers to the siege of Leyden by the Spaniards in 1574. It consists of 131 letters... | |
 | M A. W - 1883 - Страниц: 272
...events which had taken place within and without its walls. The Stadhuis bears this inscription — " When the black famine had brought to the death nearly six thousand persons, God the Lord repented of it, and gave us bread again, as much as we could wish." This touching memorial... | |
 | Karl Baedeker (Firm) - 1894 - Страниц: 568
...MensChen, aLs't god den heer Verdroot gafhl Vm Weder broot, zo VeeL WI CVnsten WensChen' (ie literally: When the black famine had brought to the death nearly...and gave us bread again as much as we could wish). This inscription, which refers to the siege of 1574, is a chronogram, the capitals (among which W is... | |
 | Robert Hoe, Oscar Albert Bierstadt - 1895 - Страниц: 390
...hated Spanish besiegers. That terrible siege is commemorated by the inscription on the town hall : "When the black famine had brought to the death nearly...and gave us bread again, as much as we could wish." Remembering that "man shall not live by bread alone," William of Orange rewarded the brave Leydeners... | |
 | Romesh Chunder Dutt - 1896 - Страниц: 440
...inscription on it is remarkable and in English would run thus ; — "When the black famine had brought to death nearly six thousand persons, then God the Lord...and gave us bread again, as much as we could wish." This refers to the Spanish siege of 1574. The University was instituted soon after this siege, and... | |
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When the black famine had brought to the death nearly six thousand persons, then God the Lord repented of it, and gave us bread again as much as we could wish). 
