Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: P. Andreas Vitus, S.J. Angl, in Anglia et Marilandia Americae Provincia, Apostolicis laboribus clarus. Obyt in Anglia prop? octogenarius. Ao 1655.
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Accession number:
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11-177
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Record number:
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11-177-001
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JCB call number:
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JA701 T167g /1-SIZE
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Image title:
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P. Andreas Vitus, S.J. Angl, in Anglia et Marilandia Americae Provincia, Apostolicis laboribus clarus. Obyt in Anglia prop? octogenarius. Ao 1655.
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Creator 1:
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Johann Georg Heinsch
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Creator 1 dates:
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1647-1712
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Creator 1 role:
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del.
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Creator 2:
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J. Kilian
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Creator 2 role:
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Sc
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Place image published:
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[Prague]
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Image publisher:
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Joannem Franciscum Starck
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Image date:
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[1701]
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Image function:
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illustration, p. 905
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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13 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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11 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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30.9 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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19 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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A priest baptizes native Americans who wear fathered headdresses and garment with water.
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Source creator:
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Tanner, Mathias, 1630-1692
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Source Title:
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Die Gesellschafft Jesu der Aposteln Nachfolgerin oder fürtreffliche Thaten und Tugenden der jenigen, welche aus ehrwehnter Gesellschafft in Besördnung des Seelen-Heyls, durch apostolische Ausfertigungen, eyfrige Predigen, Ausspendung der Sacramenten, Fortpflantzung des Evangeliums, bey Glaubigen und Unglaubigen, wie auch durch andere apostolische Verrichtungen, die gantze Welt mit ihrem Schweiss befeüchtet haben
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Source place of publication:
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Prague
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Source publisher:
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in der Carolo-Ferdinandischen Buchdruckerey der Societät Jesu bey St. Clement, durch Joannem Franciscum Starck, Factorn
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Source date:
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1701
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notes:
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Father Andrew White, an English Jesuit missionary, was involved in the founding of Maryland and was appointed first Superior of Maryland in 1634. He is often referred to as the "Apostle of Maryland;" this image commemorates his baptizing of the Piscataway Chief Chitomachon [Kittamaquund].
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 2011.
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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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North 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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Baptism
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