- Museum number
- M.7061
- Description
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Silver medal. (whole)
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The Council assembled in the Chamber of the Doel at Dort: in the foreground are spectators. Rose. (obverse)
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Rock surmounted by circular temple and attacked by the four winds: to the temple ascend pilgrims by pathway up the rock; above, the name of Jehovah, in Hebrew, radiate. Rose. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1619
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 58.000 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Medallic Illustrations 1, published in 1885, states:
Not rare.
At the Synod of Dort, which was convened to consider the religious disputes that prevailed in Holland between the Arminians and the Gomarists, England was represented by George Carleton, Bishop of Llandaff, and with him were associated Joseph Hall, Dean of Worcester; John Davenant, Professor of Theology at Cambridge; Samuel Ward, Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge; and Walter Balcanquall, sent by the King in the name of Scotland. The Bishop.of Llandaff was one of the divines appointed to draw up the canons, consisting of the refutation and condemnation of the opinions of the Arminians. The Synod sat from the 13th November, 1618, to the 29th May, 1619. The various sections of which this assembly was composed are clearly set forth on this medal. In the centre, at the head of the room, are seated the five professors of the University, and below them the twenty-one lay elders. On the left of the central group sit the five English delegates; the next place, appropriated to the delegates of the French Reformed Church, is left vacant, as Louis XIII would not permit his Protestant divines to be present. The places below these were occupied by the representatives of the Palatinate, Hesse, Switzerland, Geneva, Bremen, and Emden. On the right, are the Dutch and Walloon divines, and in the foreground are seen the spectators, who only occasionally were allowed admission. When the assembly terminated its sittings each of the foreign delegates was presented with one of the above medals attached to a gold chain, of the value of 200 francs; a similar present being given some time afterwards to each of the deputies of the Council who had taken part in the assembly.
See Van Loon, Gerard, ‘Histoire Métallique des XVII. Provinces des Pays-Bas’, 5 vol. La Haye, 1732-1837 (fol) [There is also an edition in Dutch, but with different paging], II. 105; Bizot, Pierre, ‘Histoire Métallique de la République de Hollande’, Paris, 1687 (new ed., 2 vol. Amsterdam, 1688, and Supl., 1690), p. 135.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Synod of Dort
- Acquisition date
- 1799
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- M.7061
- C&M catalogue number
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MB1 (Medallic Illustrations 1) (222) (77)