- the
image of a maiden, e.g. "the
Maiden of Holland". A "town maiden" (
stedenmaagd) was
sometimes used to
symbolize a
Dutch town, e.g. "the
Maiden of Dordrecht"...
-
hakodesj of hechal) gedragen.
Boven in het
midden geven de
Amsterdamse Stedenmaagd en de
personificatie van
Vrijheid van
Geweten een
Joodse priester met...
- The
supporter probably is the
personification of Enk****zen, in
Dutch stedenmaagd. The coat of arms
exists out of an
escutcheon and a supporter. There...
-
period onwards,
Dutch cities symbolised themselves with
effigies of a
stedenmaagd, or town maiden. The
Dordrecht council must have been
satisfied with...
-
Jonsten Versaemt",
Volume 2, Antwerp, 1872, p. 235 (in Dutch)
Gentse stedenmaagd en vier
allegorische termen, anonymous, 1677 at the
Rijksmuseum (in Dutch)...
