Figure 8.48
Anchor with the year 1806, from the collection of the Netherlands Open-air Museum, Arnhem.
Figure 8.49
Iron fittings in the form of a sacred heart, possibly wall anchors. These are on two sides of the same building at Blakeney, Norfolk, UK, .
Figure 8.52
Roof with initials and date, Blakeney, Norfolk, UK.
Figure 8.53
Trotseerloodje from the Raadhuistoren, Kampen, combining year, initials, and merchant's mark. (C) Peter Klunder 2000
Figure 8.54
Gable stone, Amersfoort, Netherlands.
Akbar Simonse
Figure 8.55
W-M ligature, Kl. Gröpelgrube, Lübeck, Germany.
Figure 8.56
Stone plaque, Delft chamber of the VoC. The letter 'D' shows that the building is the property of the Delft chamber: this mark was applied to cannon, plates, flags and other property.
Figure 8.57
Graph showing the relationship between number and letter anchors and their area of use, over time.
Figure 8.58a and 8.58b
Graphs showing the relationship between number and letter anchors and the kinds of buildings they are used in, over time, and divided by continent.
Figure 8.59
Woodcut - to memorise a list, the items are related to places in a building.
Guillaume Le Lièvre, Ars memorativa Gulieme Leoporei Avallonensis (Paris: Jocodus Badius Ascensius, 1520), fol 9. Reprinted in Sherman 2001, 13, fig. 3
Figure 8.60
Woodcut of a 'Memory Tour' - to memorise a list, the items are related to places in a town.
Johannes Host von Romberch, Congestorium artificiose memorie (Venice, Melchior Stessa 1533), fol. 35V. Reprinted in Sherman 2001, 14, fig. 4
Figure 8.61
Graph showing the distribution of year and letter anchors by country and over time.
Countries 7 (USA) and 13 (South Africa) have a much shorter dating/naming period than European countries.
Click here for key to graphNote that '2000' indicates an undated building.
Figure 8.62
Warehouse, Lübeck, Germany (building 2683). The date anchors face the river-side. Anchors on the road-side of this group of five warehouses are all plain.
Figure 8.63
House, Covehithe, Suffolk UK. Note how the letter anchors (H K) are on the only wall visible behind the high hedge (building 865).
Figure 8.64
Bar chart displaying the usage of sierankers (green) and plain anchors (blue) on different kinds of buildings.
Figure 8.65
Bar charts comparing the usage of sierankers (green) and plain anchors (blue) on different kinds of buildings in colonial and European contexts.
Figure 8.69
Graph showing the use of sierankers (green) and plain anchors (blue) in different countries.
Note high levels in Norway (6), the USA (7), Sweden (27), Belgium (5), Germany (3) and Luxembourg (31), and low levels in France (1).
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Table 8.5
| AnchorForm | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plain | Sieranker | ||||
| Iron Land | no | Count | 325 | 130 | 455 |
| % within Iron Land | 71.4% | 28.6% | 100.0% | ||
| yes | Count | 57 | 39 | 96 | |
| % within Iron Land | 59.4% | 40.6% | 100.0% | ||
| Total | Count | 382 | 169 | 551 | |
| % within Iron Land | 69.3% | 30.7% | 100.0% | ||
| AnchorForm | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continent | ||||||
| Colonies | Iron Land | no | 68 | 51 | 119 | |
| 57.1% | 42.9% | 100.0% | ||||
| yes | ||||||
| Total | 68 | 51 | 119 | |||
| 57.1% | 42.9% | 100.0% | ||||
| Low Cs | Iron Land | no | 61 | 34 | 95 | |
| 64.2% | 35.8% | 100.0% | ||||
| yes | 46 | 33 | 79 | |||
| 58.2% | 41.8% | 100.0% | ||||
| Total | 107 | 67 | 174 | |||
| 61.5% | 38.5% | 100.0% | ||||
| Trading | Iron Land | no | 196 | 45 | 241 | |
| 81.3% | 18.7% | 100.0% | ||||
| yes | 11 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 64.7% | 35.3% | 100.0% | ||||
| Total | 207 | 51 | 258 | |||
| 80.2% | 19.8% | 100.0% | ||||
| Continent | Value | df | Asymp. Sig. (2-sided) | Exact Sig. (2-sided) | Exact Sig. (1-sided) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colonies | Pearson Chi-Square | .(b) | ||||
| Continuity Correction(a) | ||||||
| Likelihood Ratio | ||||||
| Fisher's Exact Test | ||||||
| Linear-by-Linear Association | ||||||
| N of Valid Cases | 119 | |||||
| Low Cs | Pearson Chi-Square | .652(c) | 1 | .419 | ||
| Continuity Correction(a) | .424 | 1 | .515 | |||
| Likelihood Ratio | .651 | 1 | .420 | |||
| Fisher's Exact Test | .438 | .257 | ||||
| Linear-by-Linear Association | ||||||
| N of Valid Cases | 174 | |||||
| Trading | Pearson Chi-Square | 2.766(d) | 1 | .096 | ||
| Continuity Correction(a) | 1.818 | 1 | .178 | |||
| Likelihood Ratio | 2.409 | 1 | .121 | |||
| Fisher's Exact Test | .114 | .094 | ||||
| Linear-by-Linear Association | ||||||
| N of Valid Cases | 258 | |||||
| a Computed only for a 2x2 table | ||||||
| b No statistics are computed because Iron Land is a constant. | ||||||
| c 0 cells (.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 30.42. | ||||||
| d 1 cells (25.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 3.36. | ||||||
Pearson Chi-Square test showning correlation between the use of decorative anchors (sierankers) and iron-producing areas, in the Low Countries, Trading Partners, and Colonies. Any result below 0.05 suggests correlation