[Vwoolf] What do you think these are?

Danell Jones danelljones at bresnan.net
Mon Sep 29 13:36:36 EDT 2014


How about pieces from a board game? One for each boy--suggesting they are
players in some large game or intrigue? 

If  you know where it is/who owns it, I am sure you could write to the
curator and ask what they are.

When you find out, let us know!

Danell

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From: Vwoolf [mailto:vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Jeannette
Smyth
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 11:23 AM
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Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] What do you think these are?

They pixelate when zoomed on. I think they look like lens caps, not separate
lenses, as I first thought. I do think they are accessories for the
telescope and not felt pads. Would not a nobelman's telescope in 1610 have
its own fitted case, and not be left lying out on the cocktail table?

I suspect, that in 1610, when Galileo himself was discovering Jupiter's
moons through a telescope, young Edward's telescope symbolizes everything
Renaissance/heliocentric/humanist that could be symbolized. Lens caps off!
Yet, it revolves!!! (Galileo was not declared a heretic until 1616, I think.
But there was Copernicus to deal with.)

Jeannette Smyth

On Sep 29, 2014, at 8:20 AM, Vandivere, Julie wrote:

> 
> 
> The first edition of Orlando had this as one of its illustrations.  What
do you think the little white circles are on the table? 
> 
> I know the illustration was done at Knole by an unknown artist and is of
Edward Sackville West "The Two Sons of Edward, 4th Earl of Dorset by
Cornelius Nule in about 1610. In Orlando, the painting appears in black and
white, but here I am including the colored one because I would love
speculation on what the two white dots on the table are. They look like felt
pads.  I know this might seem a bit silly, but I'm using the painting to
make an argument.
> 
> They look like felt pads and might be to guard the glass on the telescope
that is lying on the table. But I'd hate to make that argument without some
input. Necco wafers?
> 
> 
> 
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