Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Manucodiata.
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Accession number:
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0379
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Record number:
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0379-29
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JCB call number:
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B635 N675h / 2-SIZE
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Image title:
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Manucodiata.
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Place image published:
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[Antwerp]
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Image publisher:
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[Plantin Office (Balthazar Moretus)]
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Image date:
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[1635]
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Image function:
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illustration; p. 210
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Technique:
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woodcut
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Image dimension height:
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22.6 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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17 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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33.5 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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22.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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Latin
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Description:
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Bird of paradise.
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Source creator:
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Nieremberg, Juan Eusebio, 1595-1658
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Source Title:
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Ioannis Evsebii Nierembergii Madritensis ex Societate Iesu ... Historia natvrae, maxime peregrinae, libris XVI. distincta
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Source place of publication:
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Antverpiae [Antwerp]
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Source publisher:
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ex officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti
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Source date:
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M.DC.XXXV [1635]
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notes:
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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.
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Time Period:
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1601-1650
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1846.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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Commentary:
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geographic area:
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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--Mexico
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