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This image bank contains approximately 1400 digitized images about the history of the printed book in the Netherlands, largely originating from the collections of the KB. The images can be downloaded and used with the stated credit line.
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Title

 'Het gebruik van de plak' (Using the ferule). Interior of a schoolroom in a village school, late 17th century.


Creator

 Scherm, Laurens (illustrator)


Year

 tweede helft 17e eeuw


Type

 prent, print


Related term

 leesonderwijs, alfabetisering


Period

 17e eeuw


Classification

 K: Maatschappelijke aspecten van boekproductie en -verspreiding


Content

 Sketch of the educational situation in a classroom in a 17th -century Northern-Netherlandish village school. These classrooms were very small in our eyes. Classical education was unknown: lessons were given individually. Older and younger children, boys and girls were sitting all together in one room. They usually worked at their own pace, and spelling and reading were done out loud. If a pupil was too disruptive or did not know his lesson, he was punished with a ferule.


@description

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 Amsterdam Rijksmuseum Rijksprentenkabinet