=Musée Plantin.=--The most interesting example of domestic architecture is the =Musée Plantin-Moretus=, originally the home, office, and printing house of the great publisher, Charles Plantin, who obtained from Philip II a monopoly in the printing of breviaries and missals for the Netherlands and Spain. After his death the business was continued in the family of his son-in-law, Moretus; and the building which had been erected in 1549, received various additions down to the middle of the seventeenth century. Meanwhile the interior presents a complete picture of the combined residence and place of business of the period, since there are still preserved the wainscots, Spanish wall-leather, panelled ceilings, chimney-pieces, stained glass, and other furnishings, as well as the fittings of the various departments of the shop, devoted to composing, printing, proof-reading, binding, and display of goods. =Carillons.=--An incidental feature of the Flemish Renaissance is the Carillon, or set of bells, tuned to the chromatic scale and connected with a manual keyboard, so that they can be played by hand. The most famous of these is in the Cathedral Tower of =Malines= (=Mechlin=). It comprises 45 bells, most of which were cast in the seventeenth century by the great bell-founder, Hemong, of Amsterdam. They surpass in volume and tone even the famous chimes of the Belfry of Bruges, which were set up in 1743. HOLLAND The earliest Renaissance =City Hall= in Holland is that of =The Hague=. Erected in 1564, it exhibits the picturesque features of stepped gables and octagonal turrets that became characteristic of later examples, such as the =City Hall= at =Leyden= (1597) and the Renaissance addition made to that of =Haarlem= between 1620 and 1630. While the decorative details of the façade are of stone, the walls are constructed of red brick. This material is the distinctive feature of Holland domestic architecture, and the combination of its red, blue, or buff tints, weathered by time, with the green of foliage, reflected in the sleepy waters of the canals, gives a colourful picturesqueness to the quaint street fronts that is peculiarly fascinating. =Weighing Houses.=--The best preserved buildings of the seventeenth century are to be found in the South at =Dordrecht= and =Delft=, and in the North in =Leyden=, =Haarlem=, =Alkmaar=, =Hoorn=, =Enkhuisen=, and, across the Zuyder Zee, in =Leuwarden=, =Bolsward=, =Zwolle=, and =Kampen=. Of particular interest are the =Waaghuisen=, or =Weighing Houses= for cheese, which are often of imposing size and richly decorated. During the latter part of the seventeenth and the following century Holland architecture emulated the styles of Louis XIV and XV, though without the refinement of the French models. CHAPTER VI RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN ENGLAND AND AMERICAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE