ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF UTRECHT

DRAPPENTIER, Jan: The Netherlands, 1736, Silver , 64 mm
Obv: Hercules standing before Pallas Athena (Athena; Minerva) in portico of university    ATRIUM LIBERTATIS TEMPLUM SAPIENTIAE.
Exergue:  MONTRIS. DOMITIS. ARTES. RECEPTAE.
Rev: Sun bearing the arms of Utrecht; Below: Neptune reclining before view of the city    SOL IUSTITIAE ILLUSTRA NOS.
On banner:  PRIMIS. ACADEMIAE. TRAIECTINAE SACRIS. SAECULARIBUS. A.D. XXVII. MARTII MDCCXXXVI CELIBRATIS VOTISQUE. PRO. NOVI. SAECULI FELICITATE. NUNCUPATIS CONSULES. ET. SENATORES. EIUS. CURATORES. LAETI. PESTI. MEMORIAM HOC. MONUMENTO. CONSECRARUNT.
Signed:  I. DRAP: F.
Ref: Van Loon 104; Pietersen 63

The University of Utrecht was founded in 1636 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The university is noted for its library, which is based on collections brought together in 1581. The public library was soon enriched by books bequeathed by the historian Arnoldus Buchelius . Among the manuscripts is the famous Utrecht Psalter, which contains the oldest text of the Athanasian creed. The medal commemorates the 100th anniversary of its founding.

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