Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Gierigheyt der Geestelicken
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Accession number:
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03713
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Record number:
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03713-7
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JCB call number:
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D700 G133n
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Image title:
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Gierigheyt der Geestelicken
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Creator 1:
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Thomas Doesburgh
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Creator 1 dates:
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fl. 1692-1712
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Creator 1 role:
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in[venit]. et fe[cit].
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Place image published:
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[Amsterdam]
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Image publisher:
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[Willem de Coup, Willem Lamsveld, Philip Verbeek & Johannes Lamsveld]
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Image date:
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[1700]
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Image function:
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plate; following p. 308
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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18.6 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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14.5 cm
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Page dimension height:
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18.9 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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15.4 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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Dutch
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Description:
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Interior of a church including a living nativity scene with Mary, Joseph, the baby in a manger, the three kings bearing gifts, live animals, angels playing musical instruments such as a harp and violin. Also includes an altar and statues.
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Source creator:
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Gage, Thomas, 1603?-1656
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Source Title:
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[English-American his travail by sea and land. Dutch] Nieuwe ende seer naeuwkeurige reyse door de Spaensche West-Indien ...
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Source place of publication:
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t' Amsterdam
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Source publisher:
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By Willem de Coup, Willem Lamsvelt, Philip Verbeek en Johannes Lamsvelt, Boekverkoopers
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Source date:
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1700
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notes:
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Text discusses the superstitious observance of Christmas by native Americans of Mixco. The custom of nacimiento in Guatemala is credited to Pedro de Betancourt, founder of the hospitaler Bethlehemites or Belemites.Thomas Gage, an English Dominican friar, returned to England after several decades in Spanish America, became a Protestant and a principal advisor to Oliver Cromwell.
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Time Period:
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1651-1700
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1870.
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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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geographic area:
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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject headings:
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Indians of Central America--Guatemala
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Subject headings:
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Indians of Central America--Religion
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Subject headings:
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Indians of Central America--Rites and ceremonies
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