Click photo to enlarge and you will see that there is a mouse in the owl's beak. I dearly love this folky antique drawing snd handwriting exercise.
The fragile calligraphy drawing was produced by the schoolteacher, Jacob Labotz, as part of a series of sketches with poems that he gave to students sometime in the 18th century. via BibliOdyssey
The Dutch text reads:
"De kat spreekt tegen den Uijl
Uijl gij doet mijn onregt
de muis is mijn toegelegt
Den uijl spreekt tegen de kat
Kat gij moet weten
het ongegoste broot word't meest gegeten"
I think there is some sort of dialogue going on about who deserves the mouse.
The Dutch text reads:
"De kat spreekt tegen den Uijl
Uijl gij doet mijn onregt
de muis is mijn toegelegt
Den uijl spreekt tegen de kat
Kat gij moet weten
het ongegoste broot word't meest gegeten"
I think there is some sort of dialogue going on about who deserves the mouse.
1 comment:
Rosemary,
I love ink drawings and adding the calligraphy into the equation makes it amazing. How fun to see the conflict between owl and cat...poor mouse.
Karen
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