Hendrik Engel's Alphabetical List Dutch Zoological Cabinets ... - DWC

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"Collegiate Church of St. Mary", to see the elephant's tooth and the 3 horns
of the Unicorn, each about 3 feet long, hollow, out of which one could drink
that were shown there in the Clerk's House or Library. Joly 1672, p. 148
(v. 1646); Veryard 1701, p. 6 (v. 1682); Brown 1682, p. 26 (v. 1688); Montague
1696, p. 197-198 (v. 1695); Beckmann 1912, p. 427 (v. 1762, could not
see them). T. Bartholini 1678: Unicornu observationes novae, ed. 2, p. 256
(Amsterdam). The 3 horns (i.e. narwhal teeth) are now in the "Rijksmuseum",
Amsterdam.
The anatomy-hall contained a collection of anatomical and natural curiosities.
Dryander 1798-1800, I, p. 223, gives a catalogue in fol. 1707: Nicolas
Chevalier (q.v.): Description de la chambre des raretez de la ville
d'Utrecht. Bocage 1764, III, p. 102 (v. 1750); Ferrner 1910, p. 397, 429 (v.
1759); Lynar 1781, p. 139 (v. 1771); Sander 1783, p. 591 (v. 1777); Schaeffer
1794 (v. 1788); Ireland 1790, p. 175 (v. 1789); Thouin 1841, p. 155 (v.
1795); Huber 1811, p. 122 (v. 1809); Haupt 1814, p. 102 (v. 1810); Anonymus
1819, p. 211 (v. 1819); Fliedner 1831, p. 418 (v. 1823-1824); Jaeck 1824, p.
244 (v. 1824, refers also to the cabinet of the town-druggist); Horn 1831,
p. 381, 383 (v. 1830); Dethmar 1838-1841, p. 65 (v. 1835-1837); Guislain
1842, p. 89-90 (v. 1841); Czermak 1879, p. 168 (v. 1850). In 1826 Bleuland
published the Descriptio Mus. Anat. as well as the leones Anat., cf. Murray
1904, III, p. 228. Terwen 1855, p. 127; P. Harting 1878: Voorheen en thans
(1828-1878), herinneringen van een oud student, p. 29 seq., gives information
on the anatomical cabinet and the collections of de Fremery (q.v.), van
Lidth de Jeude (q.v.) and Bleuland (q.v.); G.J. Loncq 1886: Hist. schets der
Utrechtsche Hoogeschool tot hare verheffing in 1815 (Utrecht); Muller 1899:
De Universiteitsgebouwen te Utrecht; Kernkamp, editing Ferrner 1910, gives
on p. 397 in a note some interesting information about the situation around
1759. Engel 1940, p. 208. Scheurleer 1970: Twee 18e eeuwse naturalienkabinetten,
p. 234, fig. 6.
The University Museum for Natural History was housed in the ancient "Statenkamer"
at the Janskerkhof. It contained the collections of T.G. van Lidth de
Jeude (q.v.), N.C. de Fremery (q.v.), J. Bleuland (q.v.) and P. Koning
(q.v.). Later on this collection was partly given to other institutes, but a
museum with the remaining parts of the collection was maintained for the
students. It was situated at the Plompetorengracht and opened to the public
in 1975. Czermak 1879, p. 164 (v. 1850); Blasius 1880, p. 26 (v. 1879). Terwen
1855, p. 128 seq.; Engel 1940; Scheurleer 1970; Ned, Museumgids 1980, p.
90; 1982, p. 94.
The Veterinary School was founded 1821 in the building "Gildenstein" and is
now situated in the "Uithof" near Utrecht. The school possessed its own cabinets
(preparates, instruments, education, etc.). Horn 1831, p. 381 ( v.
1830); Dethmar 1838-1841, IV, p. 73 (v. 1835-1837); Guislain 1842, p. 9 (v.
1841). C. Offringa et al.: Van Gildenstein naar Uithof, 2 vols. 1971 and
1981. Ned. Museumgids 1982, p. 94.
Lab. for Paleobotany and Palynology. Possesses a collection of fossil plants
and preparates of pollen-grains (recent and fossil). Hoogenhout 1978a, nr.
42; Ned. Museumgids 1982, p. 93.