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Encyclopedia Britannica



SHERRY

This article appears in Volume V24, Page 853 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SHA-SIV
SHERRY , originally the name of wine coming from Xeres (Jerez de la Frontera), near Cadiz, Spain, and now the general name of the strong white wines, the lower grades excepted, which are made in the south of Spain (see WINE). The early form of the word in English was " sherris " (abbreviated from " sherris-wine " or " sherris-sack "), which was taken to be a plural, and " sherry " was formed as a singular by mistake.
'S HERTOGENBOSCH ('sBosch, or den Bosch, French Bois-le-Duc), the
capital
  of the province of North Brabant, Holland, at the confluence of the rivers Dommel and Aa, which unite to form the Dieze, and a junction station 291 M. S.S.E. of Utrecht and 27 M. W.S.W. of Nijmwegen by rail. It is connected by steam tramway with Helmond (21 M. S.E.) and by the Zuid-Willem's canal with Maastricht (6o m. S. by E.). Pop. (I goo) 32,345. 's Hertogenbosch is a well-built city and contains several churches. The Roman Catholic cathedral of St John, the Janskerk, with its interior in a state of preservation rare in Holland, is one of the finest architecturally in the country. Occupying the site of a much earlier building, of which there are remains, the present church with its fine choir was built in the middle of the 15th century. The 15th-century font, the pulpit (1570), the organ (1617), and the early
Gothic
  Lady
chapel containing a much venerated 13th-century image of the Virgin, which was annually carried in procession through the town, are all noticeable. The choir-screen was sold to the South Kensington Museum in London for qoo, this sum being devoted to the
work
  of modern restoration. The town
hall
  contains an interesting
series
  of decorative panels by a modern artist, A. Derkinderen, describing the founding of the city. It also includes a museum of local antiquities. In the Provincial museum are interesting Roman, German and Frankish antiquities. The principal other buildings are the court
house
 , government buildings (formerly a Jesuit monastery), episcopal palace, grammar school (once attended by Erasmus), a prison, hospitals, arsenal and barracks. 's Hertogenbosch is the market of the fertile Meiery
district
 , and carries on a considerable trade, chiefly by water, with
Dordrecht
  and Rotterdam, Nijmwegen, Amhem, Maastricht and Liege. The
chief
  industries include distilleries, breweries, glass works, cigar factories and the ancient linen and cutlery manufactures.


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