MICHELFELDER, CONRAD (Austr.). Mint-engraver at the " small Mint " of Hall in Tyrol, 1482-1484, under the Archduke Sigismund (1475-1496).
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
MELLGREN, CARL MAGNUS
MELLGREN, CARL MAGNUS (Swed.). Medallist of the second quarter of the nineteenth century, who resided at Stockholm. I have noticed his signature (C. M. M.) on the following medals: Bernhard Henrik Crusell, Swedish clarinetist (undated); — Erik Gustaf Geijer, professor of history at Upsala (undated); — Gustavus II. Adolphus. PEPIGIT NOBIS etc., 1832 ; — Gustavus III., Swedish Academy, 1836; — Carl Michael Bellman, 1833; — J. J. Berzelius, 1834, etc. Bibliography. — Schlickeysen-Pallmann, op. ci...
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MELLGREN, CARL MAGNUS (Swed.). Medallist of the second quarter of the nineteenth century, who resided at Stockholm. I have noticed his signature (C. M. M.) on the following medals: Bernhard Henrik Crusell, Swedish clarinetist (undated); — Erik Gustaf Geijer, professor of history at Upsala (undated); — Gustavus II. Adolphus. PEPIGIT NOBIS etc., 1832 ; — Gustavus III., Swedish Academy, 1836; — Carl Michael Bellman, 1833; — J. J. Berzelius, 1834, etc. Bibliography. — Schlickeysen-Pallmann, op. ci...
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MELON
MELON or MILON (also MELONE and MILLON), GIOVANNI V.(Ital.). Medallist of the second half of the sixteenth century; possibly a native of Cremona, and as suggested by Milanesi, a nephew of the painter Altobello Melone or Milone. His productions, which date from circ. 1571 to 1589, are variously signed : IO.V.MILON.F.; — IO.V.MELON.F. ; — IO.V.MILON ; — MELON F. : — MILLON.F. etc. The work on some of these medals is very good. Van Loon remarks that the commemorative piece of Don Juan's expedition...
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MELON or MILON (also MELONE and MILLON), GIOVANNI V.(Ital.). Medallist of the second half of the sixteenth century; possibly a native of Cremona, and as suggested by Milanesi, a nephew of the painter Altobello Melone or Milone. His productions, which date from circ. 1571 to 1589, are variously signed : IO.V.MILON.F.; — IO.V.MELON.F. ; — IO.V.MILON ; — MELON F. : — MILLON.F. etc. The work on some of these medals is very good. Van Loon remarks that the commemorative piece of Don Juan's expedition...
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MELWER, CONRAD
MELWER, CONRAD (Brit.). Master of the Mint and coinage within the duchy of Normandy, under Henry V. of England, appointed on 17. March, 1417. " He had full power to make and coin, either by himself or his deputies, new money called blanks (Gros Blancs), half blanks (Petits or Demi -Blancs), and black pence (Deniers), of the same metal and assay as they had been made in that duchy. He was to hold the said office during pleasure, and to take for himself and servants such wages as should be agreed ...
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MELWER, CONRAD (Brit.). Master of the Mint and coinage within the duchy of Normandy, under Henry V. of England, appointed on 17. March, 1417. " He had full power to make and coin, either by himself or his deputies, new money called blanks (Gros Blancs), half blanks (Petits or Demi -Blancs), and black pence (Deniers), of the same metal and assay as they had been made in that duchy. He was to hold the said office during pleasure, and to take for himself and servants such wages as should be agreed ...
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MEMMIUS
MEMMIUS or MEMMIES, JOHANN (Germ.). Mint-master and Engraver at Güstrow, 1673-1678; Rostock, 1679-1711; Stade, 1696; and Stettin, 1705-1710. His coin-issues, especially those of Rostock, bear his initials : I. H. He also executed several medals, amongst which Hildebrand describes the following: Charles XI. Bust of Charles XII. ; — Charles XII., Peace of Alt-Ranstadt 1706 (2 var.) ; — Victories of Charles XII., 1706 (sev. var.). These were all engraved by Memmius at Stettin. Bibliography. — Hil...
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MEMMIUS or MEMMIES, JOHANN (Germ.). Mint-master and Engraver at Güstrow, 1673-1678; Rostock, 1679-1711; Stade, 1696; and Stettin, 1705-1710. His coin-issues, especially those of Rostock, bear his initials : I. H. He also executed several medals, amongst which Hildebrand describes the following: Charles XI. Bust of Charles XII. ; — Charles XII., Peace of Alt-Ranstadt 1706 (2 var.) ; — Victories of Charles XII., 1706 (sev. var.). These were all engraved by Memmius at Stettin. Bibliography. — Hil...
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