Medal of Simon Stevin Artist: Adolphe Christian Jouvenel (Belgian, 1798–1867)

ca. 1850

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room

Medium

Copper

Dimensions

45.01 g, 12:00, 46.8 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Irving Dillaye-Vann, B.A. 1897

Accession Number

2001.87.27473

Geography

Made in Belgium

Culture

Belgian

Period

19th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: SIMON STEVIN NE A BRUGES VERS 1548 MORT EN 1620

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: SES OUVRAGES ET SES DECOUVERTES / DANS LES SCIENCES MATHEMATIQUES / LUI ONT ASSIGNE UN RANG TRES DISTINGUE / PARMI LES SAVANTS LES PLUS CELEBRES. / ON CITE SES TRAVAUX SUR L'ALGEBRE / SUR LES LOIS DE LA PESANTEUR ET DU / MOUVEMENT SUR LA STATIQUE SUR LA THEORIE / DES PLANS INCLINES SUR L'HYDROSTATIQUE / SUR LA NAVIGATION ETC. IL FUT / L'INSTITUTEUR / L'AMI, L'HOMME DE CONFIANCE / DU PRINCE MAURICE DE NASSAU / ET LES ETATS DE HOLLANDE LE NOMMERENT / QUARTIER MAITRE GENERAL. / 1600. IL FAIT L'ESSAI D'UN CHARIOT / A VOILES. 1617. ON CREE POUR LUI / LA PLACE IMPORTANTE / DE CASTRAMETATEUR. telescope, globe on book, scroll at top.
Provenance
Irving Dillaye-Van, to about 1938; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1938–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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medals

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