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Spaanse Furie Mechelen 1572 - KBR ms. II 1388.jpg

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English: Cityscape of Mechelen from the south side, with the duke of Alba (on a white horse) taking possession of the city to perpetrate the Spanish Fury of 1572. Protestant troops are fleeing through the Nekkerspoel gate (upper right), firing a last shot into the church of Muizen, while the northwest is burning.

Brussels, Royal Library of Belgium, ms. II 1388, fols 1v-2r (ink and watercolour drawing, 325 x 200 mm).

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hIspanIs beLgIs MeChLInIa beLLo seCUndo
heU doLor oCtobrIs aspera praeda fUIt
MeCheLen saL ten eeUUIghen daghen
den tUUeeden daCh oCtobrIs beCLaghen
sICCIne VICta IaCes MeChLInIa VIrgo sUperba
https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/pdf/10.1484/J.IMA.5.114682
Date circa 1600
date QS:P,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source https://uurl.kbr.be/1464418
Author AnonymousUnknown author

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