Thomas de Rouck
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Mayor
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of his native town Bergen op Zoom.
De Rouck developed a late hatching system
Hatching system
The system of heraldry has two main methods to designate the tinctures of arms in uncolored illustrations: hatching and tricking. Hatching, i.e. patterns of lines and dots, is the most common method to designate colours on uncoloured surfaces, like engravings, seals and coins.The present day...
(1645), but failed to make a serious cut.
The engravings, according to his 1673 work, were possibly made by his relatives. The portrait of the vicar Lambertus de Rycke (†1658) seen in the book was engraved by W[illem] de Rouck. F. J. van Ettro maintained, he was familiar with the hatching system of Zangrius
Jan Baptist Zangrius
Jan Baptist Zangrius was an Flemish engraver, publisher, typographer and bookseller.His name is mostly spelled as Johannes Baptista Zangrius, but is also known as de Sanger, de Zangre, Zangre, and Zangré.- Biographical Data :...
. However, it seems more evident that even Butkens
Christophe Butkens
Christophe Butkens was a Cistercian abbot from Antwerp, historian and genealogist.Butkens developed his own hatching system but it was used by him in an inconsequent way which led to the misunderstandings and the resultant sudden disappearance of this method...
might have known Zangrius’ system despite his hatching table being radically different from that of Zangrius because he also applied the same oval escutcheon in his hatching table similar to what Zangrius did in his system.
Works
- Thomas de Rouck, Den Nederlandtschen Herauld ofte Tractaet van wapenen, en politycken Adel. AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, 1645. The hatching table to be found in the second part, page 55.
- Thomas de Rouck, Adelyk tooneel of historische beschrijvinge van allerley trappen van adeldom en ridderl. ordens. Amsterdam, 1673
Further reading
hatching systemHatching system
The system of heraldry has two main methods to designate the tinctures of arms in uncolored illustrations: hatching and tricking. Hatching, i.e. patterns of lines and dots, is the most common method to designate colours on uncoloured surfaces, like engravings, seals and coins.The present day...
, Jan Baptist Zangrius
Jan Baptist Zangrius
Jan Baptist Zangrius was an Flemish engraver, publisher, typographer and bookseller.His name is mostly spelled as Johannes Baptista Zangrius, but is also known as de Sanger, de Zangre, Zangre, and Zangré.- Biographical Data :...
, Christophe Butkens
Christophe Butkens
Christophe Butkens was a Cistercian abbot from Antwerp, historian and genealogist.Butkens developed his own hatching system but it was used by him in an inconsequent way which led to the misunderstandings and the resultant sudden disappearance of this method...