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Jacomina Hondius (
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ized version of her
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name: ''Jacomijntje de Hond'') (24 June 1558 – 02 January 1628) was a
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and Dutch
calligrapher Calligraphy (from el, link=y, καλλιγραφία) is a visual art related to writing. It is the design and execution of lettering with a pen, ink brush, or other writing instrument. Contemporary calligraphic practice can be defined as "t ...
notable for being the first female European calligrapher to have signed examples of her work published.


Biography

Hondius was born in
Wakken Wakken is a village and ''deelgemeente'' in Dentergem municipality, in the Belgium, Belgian province of West Flanders. The village is located near the confluence of the rivers Lys (river), Lys and Mandel (river), Mandel. History Wakken is one ...
and grew up in
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. Her parents were Petronella van Havertuyn and Olivier de Hondt, a bailiff. In 1584, she moved from Flanders to
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with her brother Jodocus, to escape religious difficulties. In 1585 in London she married Petrus Montanus (Pieter van den Berghe) (1560 - 1625), an engraver and
cartographer Cartography (; from grc, χάρτης , "papyrus, sheet of paper, map"; and , "write") is the study and practice of making and using maps. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality (or an im ...
like her brother. Jodocus Hondius, Petrus Montanus, and Hondius' brother-in-law Petrus Kaerius (
Pieter van den Keere Pieter van den Keere ( la, Petrus Kaerius 1571 – c. 1646) was a Flemish engraver, publisher and globe maker who worked for the most part of his career in England and the Dutch Republic. Life He was born in Ghent, son of engraver Hendrik van den ...
)(1571-ca. 1646?), himself an engraver, formed the nucleus of what was to become "the well known family of cartographers, Hondius."Keuning, J. "Jodocus Hondius Jr." ''Imago Mundi'', vol. 5, 1948, pp. 63–71. ''JSTOR''
http://www.jstor.org/stable/1149786
Accessed 19 May 2022. Jacomina Hondius had five children, all sons, one of whom, Samuel Montanus (1592-1669), himself became an engraver, and two of whom went into book trades. Hondius contributed two signed plates to her brother Jodocus Hondius’ anthology of European calligraphy, '' Theatrum artis scribendi'' (Amsterdam, 1594), "the first international calligraphic anthology."Writing manuals and copybooks (16th to 18th century)
Britannica Her pieces were published under the name "Jacquemyne Hondius" alongside the work of a number of well-established artists such as
John de Beauchesne John de Beauchesne, also known as John de Beau Chesne, Jean de Beauchesne and Jehan de Beauchesne (c.1538 in Paris – May 1620 in London) was a French Huguenot writing master (that is, a teacher of penmanship) and calligrapher. He relocated to ...
, the author of the first copy-book in English. She does not appear to have published anything further under her own name. She lived in London from 1584 to 1595, in
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from 1595 to 1598, in
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from 1598 to 1602 and in
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from 1602 until her death at age 69 in 1628.


See also

* '' Theatrum artis scribendi''Digitized version
available at the
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* List of female calligraphers


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Jacomina Hondius
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hondius, Jacomina 1558 births 1628 deaths 16th-century calligraphers 17th-century calligraphers Artists from Amsterdam Artists from Ghent Calligraphers from the Northern Netherlands Women calligraphers