[Vwoolf] What do you think these are?

[Anne Margaret Daniel]

I too vote for a board game.  (And the lads remind me of soberer, slightly
earlier versions of these Stuart brothers….)

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On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Danell Jones <danelljones at bresnan.net>
wrote:

> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vwoolf [mailto:vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Jeannette
> Smyth
> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 11:23 AM
> To: VWOOLF at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> 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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