COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
mediaCollectionId
JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
15335
accession_no
15335
Accession number
false
Record number:
15335-1
record_number
15335-1
Record number
false
JCB call number:
J522 N543z [F]
jcb_call_no
J522 N543z [F]
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Title page]
image_title
[Title page]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Augsburg?]
place_image_published
[Augsburg?]
Place image published
false
Image date:
[1522?]
image_date
[1522?]
Image date
false
Image function:
title page
image_function
title page
Image function
false
Technique:
woodcut
technique
woodcut
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
12.1 cm.
image_dimensions_height
12.1 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
12 cm.
image_dimensions_width
12 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
19.4 cm.
page_dimensions_height
19.4 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
14.2 cm.
page_dimensions_width
14.2 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
German
languages
German
Languages
false
Description:
Scene of worship and human sacrifice. At right, two men and two women stand with a spirit or demon. At bottom, a ship with the banner of the Spanish crown and armed men approaches a city. Built environment includes dwellings, temple, altar, idol, and boats.
description
Scene of worship and human sacrifice. At right, two men and two women stand with a spirit or demon. At bottom, a ship with the banner of the Spanish crown and armed men approaches a city. Built environment includes dwellings, temple, altar, idol, and boats.
Description
false
Source Title:
Newe Zeittung. Von dem Lande. Das die Sponier funden haben ym 1521. iare genant Jucatan ...
source_title
Newe Zeittung. Von dem Lande. Das die Sponier funden haben ym 1521. iare genant Jucatan ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
[Augsburg?]
source_place_of_publication
[Augsburg?]
Source place of publication
false
Source date:
[1522?]
source_date
[1522?]
Source date
false
notes:
The artist has interpreted written accounts of Hernán Cortés' discoveries in the Yucatan and Mexico, giving his depiction a medieval European appearance.
notes
The artist has interpreted written accounts of Hernán Cortés' discoveries in the Yucatan and Mexico, giving his depiction a medieval European appearance.
notes
false
Time Period:
1492-1600
time_period
1492-1600
Time Period
false
References:
Wagner, H.R. "Three accounts of the expedition of Fernando Cortes, printed in Germany," Hispanic American Historical Review, May 1929; John Carter Brown Library, Annual Report, 1929. p. 8-9
references_
Wagner, H.R. "Three accounts of the expedition of Fernando Cortes, printed in Germany," Hispanic American Historical Review, May 1929; John Carter Brown Library, Annual Report, 1929. p. 8-9
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1929.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1929.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
Commentary:
commentary
<a href="mailto:Susan_Danforth@brown.edu">Add a comment</a>
Commentary
false
geographic area:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Mexico--History--Conquest, 1517-1540
subject_heads
Mexico--History--Conquest, 1517-1540
Subject headings
false