COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
mediaCollectionId
JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
0379
accession_no
0379
Accession number
false
Record number:
0379-29
record_number
0379-29
Record number
false
JCB call number:
B635 N675h / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
B635 N675h / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Manucodiata.
image_title
Manucodiata.
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Antwerp]
place_image_published
[Antwerp]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Plantin Office (Balthazar Moretus)]
image_publisher
[Plantin Office (Balthazar Moretus)]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1635]
image_date
[1635]
Image date
false
Image function:
illustration; p. 210
image_function
illustration; p. 210
Image function
false
Technique:
woodcut
technique
woodcut
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
22.6 cm.
image_dimensions_height
22.6 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
17 cm.
image_dimensions_width
17 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
33.5 cm.
page_dimensions_height
33.5 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
22.5 cm.
page_dimensions_width
22.5 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
Latin
languages
Latin
Languages
false
Description:
Bird of paradise.
description
Bird of paradise.
Description
false
Source creator:
Nieremberg, Juan Eusebio, 1595-1658
source_creator
Nieremberg, Juan Eusebio, 1595-1658
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Ioannis Evsebii Nierembergii Madritensis ex Societate Iesu ... Historia natvrae, maxime peregrinae, libris XVI. distincta
source_title
Ioannis Evsebii Nierembergii Madritensis ex Societate Iesu ... Historia natvrae, maxime peregrinae, libris XVI. distincta
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Antverpiae [Antwerp]
source_place_of_publication
Antverpiae [Antwerp]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
ex officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti
source_publisher
ex officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M.DC.XXXV [1635]
source_date
M.DC.XXXV [1635]
Source date
false
notes:
The bird of paradise, a bird without feet which can never land on earth, is here shown with long plumage. Specimens of this bird sent to Europe seldom had the legs and feet attached, giving Europeans the idea that they flew continuously.
notes
The bird of paradise, a bird without feet which can never land on earth, is here shown with long plumage. Specimens of this bird sent to Europe seldom had the legs and feet attached, giving Europeans the idea that they flew continuously.
notes
false
Time Period:
1601-1650
time_period
1601-1650
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1846.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1846.
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:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Mexico
subject_heads
Natural history--Mexico
Subject headings
false