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Queen & King of Belg. [i.e., Belgium] opening Ghent Exposition - Mayor Braunn (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

[Friday market, statue of John of Artevelde, Ghent, Belgium] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    I think the better translation is "Jacob of Artevelde": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_van_Artevelde
  • it is aai! said:
    @pennylrichardsca: You are right. The french text on the photo also says 'jacques' (≠ jacob).
  • Kristi (LOC P&P) said:
    pennylrichardsca and it is aai: Thanks for your comments! The title of John of Artevelde was taken from the English language catalog published by the Detroit Publishing Company, and I agree that the translation they provided seems less than accurate. Apparently, the gentleman who inspired this statue was best known as Jacob van Artevelde (c.1290-1345), but was sometimes referred to as Jacques van Artevelde as well. (An example being this 1942 book on Artevelde.) Since the caption on the photochrom itself is in French, the use of Jacques there seems to fit. We will expand this description to better reflect the various forms of Artevelde's name when we update.
  • avanherreweghe said:
    This is absolutely certain the statue of Jacob van Artevelde (Jacob = Jacques = James). John van Artevelde was a city sheriff in the beginning of the 14th century (John = Jan = Jean). John may or may not have been a relative of Jacob, some sources claim that Jacob is Johns' son. But the origins of Jacob remain very unclear. Jacob played an important role in negotiations between Flanders and England about wool trade, and hence made him an enemy of France. He was murdered on 24th July 1345, for until now unknown reasons. The statue was erected in 1863. The building at the right hand side in the picture, het Toreken, was the guild house of the tanners, now housing a poetry centre. Saint Jacobs church is behind the houses in the background, and has no link with Jacob Van Artevelde.

The building "Kleine Sikkel" in Ghent, Belgium

from Swedish National Heritage Board - Riksantikvarieämbetet

  • Michiel2005 said:
    This building is known as the "Kleine Sikkel" (Small Sickle). The address is 2 Nederpolder, but that street continues to become Hoogpoort (Rue Haut-Port) to the right.

    The building was restored in 1912, when it got this mediaeval gable. The origins of the building go back to the beginnings of the 13th century. Today it is an office of the City of Ghent.

    See this page (in Dutch): www.gent.be/eCache/THE/1/464.cmVjPTQ0MTgx.html

    And the present-day view courtesy of Google Streetview.

    And a picture of 2010:

    De Kleine Sikkel, Gent
  • Swedish National Heritage Board - Riksantikvarieämbetet said:
    Michiel2005: You have been to a great help, giving us all this information about the building in our photo and its location, as well as posting the recent photo by Erf-goed.be With this new information, our photo gets its full value, Thanks to you! :) I found this information in English: www4.gent.be/gent/english/monument/kleine%20sikkel/sikkel... /Anna B.
  • chiechie3 said:
    thats a great pic
  • ammeline said:
    beautiful.