Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 122, February 28, 1852: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 122, February 28, 1852: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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Questions and answers -- Periodicals
_Nuremberg Token._--What is the meaning of the following legend, which I
find on an old brass or copper coin of extreme thinness, and of the size
of a shilling:--
"HANNS . KRAVWINCKEL . IN . NVR ."
encircling three crowns disposed in a circle with fleur de lis
intervening.
"GOTS . REICH . BLIBT . EWICK . E ."
encircling an emblem of Trinity, in the interior of which is a ball and
cross.
There are no figures to indicate a date, but I conclude it belongs to
the time of the Hanseatic league.
H. C. K.
_Weber on the Material Media of Musical Art._--Can any of your musical
readers inform me whether the treatise on the material media of the
musical art, promised by Weber in his _Theory of Musical Composition_,
and which he therein frequently refers to, has ever yet made its
appearance; and if so, whether any English translation has been
published?
T. L. L.
_Clement's Inn._--I am an attorney; one of my predecessors in business
was steward of Clement's Inn. He died, and his partner removed from the
Inn to the City. I was articled to the partner, and I recollect that up
to the time of his death, which occurred in 1837, he used to receive an
annual visit from the minor officials of the inn, beadle, porter, &c.,
who presented four oranges, and received in return half a guinea. I used
generally to suck the oranges, but it never entered my head to inquire
what was the origin of the custom. You have probably a correspondent or
reader amongst the "ancients" of the venerable society I have mentioned,
who may be able to trace the origin of the custom which gave me the
privilege of sucking the oranges in question.
Q. D.
_Was Queen Elizabeth dark or fair?_--In Vol. iii., p. 432. of "N. & Q."
there is a quotation from the _Gentleman's Magazine_, 1791, in which
Queen Elizabeth is mentioned as of a "_swarthy_ complexion." I had
always thought of her as fair. Miss Strickland speaks of her "_fair_
complexion," and cites De Maurier, who writes of her "_white_ hands:" in
addition to which, does not her "light auburn hair" betoken a light
complexion? In one of your late numbers a madrigal is given wherein she
is sung as "_fair_ Oriana." This, however, may be no allusion to colour
of complexion, but merely the poetic use of the word as synonymous with
beautiful. How does the fact stand?
W. T. M.
Victoria, Hong Kong, Dec. 27, 1851.
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