Tamara and other spiders
To contradict Clay's mud: As you might already know, my mother tongue is
Dutch and "16e eeuw" means exactly the same as Tamara describes for the
"16th century". I checked http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gouden_Eeuw for the
golden age. There is a dispute whether this golden age started in 1602 (when
the VOC came to life that sailed for the far east) or 1609 (start of the "12
year peace treaty"). After the disaster year 1672 the economy declined. I
don't have the LOKK book about "Lace in the Golden age" so I can't clear up
about that.
Jo Falkink
The title translates, "Lace in the Golden Age". The chapter on
collecting further indicates that the subject of the entire book is "the
development of lace in the 17th century". Interestingly, the laces shown
in the beginning of the book date from the 1600s... but are shown
primarily to give a foundation for the laces that came after 1700. It is
the laces of the 1700s that are the primary focus of this book.
Clay
But I do know the English custom (which is the same as Polish) and in
English, 16th century means years starting with 1501 and ending with 1600.
Or, possibly, starting with 1500 and ending with 1599; I always get
confused about that. At any rate, most of the years within the 16th
century will have 15 at the beginning ("the better to confuse you,
m'dear", said the big, bad wolf).
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Tamara
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