COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
0665
Record number:
0665-4
JCB call number:
B580 M735p
Image title:
El dragon.
Place image published:
[Seville]
Image publisher:
[Fernando Diaz]
Image date:
[1580]
Image function:
plate; recto leaf 64
Technique:
woodcut
Image dimension height:
16.3 cm.
Image dimension width:
10.2cm.
Page dimension height:
19.9 cm.
Page dimension width:
14.5 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Spanish
Description:
Dragon fruit or, probably, pitahaya.
Source creator:
Monardes, Nicol��s, ca. 1512-1588
Source Title:
[Historia medicinal] Primera y segunda y tercera partes de la historia medicinal
Source place of publication:
En Sevilla [Seville]
Source publisher:
En casa de Fernando Diaz
Source date:
1580
notes:
Named for its scaly skin, the pitahaya is the fruit of a cactus.
Time Period:
1492-1600
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1854.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
El dragon.
