Stone Tablets in Amsterdam

Claudius Civilis. Kinkerstraat/Da Costastraat, Amsterdam. Photo Jona Lendering.

This is the third page on Amsterdam gevelstenen ('stone tablets from a façade; is a poor translation); the first one can be found here.

The first photo, to the left, shows a Batavian warrior named Claudius Civilis. He is none other than Julius Civilis, the hero of the Batavian Revolt. For reasons unknown to me, he has been called "Claudius" since the Renaissance, which is wrong. Yet, in the Dutch tradition, the name has become common.

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Bull, Spuistraat 94	The sun, on the wall of the Schreierstoren	The black horn, Zeedijk 16	The pied oxen, Prinsengracht 175

Minerva's owl, Damrak 62 (on top of a bookshop)	The weapon of Maastricht, Sint Luciensteeg	"In the Bear Street" (Berenstraat 7)	A ship, Binnen Bantammerstraat 27

The fall of Adam and Eve. Reguliersgracht 9	A ship and lighthouse, Kromme Waal 17	Two muskets from a fort that once stood on the Kloveniersburgwal (Amsterdam Historical Museum); the text, "Swijch Utrecht", means "Be silent, Utrecht" and refers to a failed attack from Utrecht in 1481	Bowler (Prinsengracht 60)