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This image bank contains approximately 1400 digitized images about the history of the printed book in the Netherlands, largely originating from the collections of the KB. The images can be downloaded and used with the stated credit line.

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Title
 'Het gebruik van de plak' (Using the ferule). Interior of a schoolroom in a village school, late 17th century.

Creator
 Scherm, Laurens (illustrator)

Year
 tweede helft 17e eeuw

Type
 prent, print

Related term
 leesonderwijs, alfabetisering

Period
 17e eeuw

Classification
 K: Maatschappelijke aspecten van boekproductie en -verspreiding

Content
 Sketch of the educational situation in a classroom in a 17th -century Northern-Netherlandish village school. These classrooms were very small in our eyes. Classical education was unknown: lessons were given individually. Older and younger children, boys and girls were sitting all together in one room. They usually worked at their own pace, and spelling and reading were done out loud. If a pupil was too disruptive or did not know his lesson, he was punished with a ferule.

@description
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Amsterdam Rijksmuseum Rijksprentenkabinet