Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Granadillae Ramvs
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Accession number:
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0379
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Record number:
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0379-5
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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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Granadillae Ramvs
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Place image published:
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[Antwerp]
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Image publisher:
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[Balthasaris Moreti]
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Image date:
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[1635]
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Image function:
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illustration; p. 299
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Technique:
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woodcut
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Image dimension height:
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17.7 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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11.1 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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22.4 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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The granadilla (granadillae ramvs) is shown with its fruit, flower, and leaves.
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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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This plant is probably the passiflora (a granadilla or passion fruit).The instruments of Christ's Passion are literally depicted on different parts of the plant: the wounds, spears, crown of thorns, and chalice.
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Time Period:
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1601-1650
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Visual categories:
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Emblems (Allegorical pictures)
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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--Peru
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