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Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum reopens after renovation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22134186
Welcome news! It's been under renovation a long time... D -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009) |
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Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum reopens after renovation
Martin wrote:
On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:56:15 +0100, (David Horne) wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22134186 Welcome news! It's been under renovation a long time... D 10 years and •250 million later. Yup, but hopefully worthwhile. Visiting the temporary exhibition was not fun... D -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009) |
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Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum reopens after renovation
"Martin" wrote in message ... Try and visit Baron Six Van Hillegom's house in Amsterdam. It has just reopened after refurbishment too. You have to apply in advance. http://www.codart.nl/news/755/ http://www.collectiesix.nl/en/home-english It's located on the Amstel on the other side from the Carre Theatre. On Six's Dutch website he is called "Jonkheer". I wasn't totally sure what that translates to in English but was pretty certain it isn't "baron" so I checked a Dutch-English dictionary and that said "esquire" so I presume it should be Squire Six van Hillegom. Nevertheless if I ever get back to Amsterdam again I intend to check it out. Thanks for the tip. Gerrit - Oz |
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Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum reopens after renovation
"Martin" wrote in message ... On Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:44:30 +0800, "Gerrit" wrote: "Martin" wrote in message . .. Try and visit Baron Six Van Hillegom's house in Amsterdam. It has just reopened after refurbishment too. You have to apply in advance. http://www.codart.nl/news/755/ http://www.collectiesix.nl/en/home-english It's located on the Amstel on the other side from the Carre Theatre. On Six's Dutch website he is called "Jonkheer". He calls himself Baron in the current BBC TV series The High Art of the Low Countries - episode 2 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rszrr You can watch it, if you use the free proxy server Anchor Free or maybe it is shown on Oz TV too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...amilies#Barons lists him as a baron too. The "all knowing never wrong" Wikipedia says this about the title Jonkheer: "Jonkheer or Jonkvrouw is literally translated as "young lord" or "young lady". In medieval times such a person was a young and unmarried son or daughter of a high ranking knight or nobleman. Many noble families could not support all their sons to become a knight because of the expensive equipment. So the eldest son of a knight was a young lord while his brothers remained as esquires. "However, in the Low Countries (and other parts of continental Europe), only the head of most noble families did and does carry a title, with inheritance via male lineage. This resulted therefore that most of the nobility was, and is nowadays, untitled in the Netherlands. 'Jonkheer', or its female equivalent 'jonkvrouw' developed therefore quite early into a different but general meaning, i.e., an honorific to show that someone does belong to the nobility, but does not possess a title." So which part of the Wiki empire is correct? :-) Gerrit - Oz |
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