MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
0343
Record number:
0343-001
JCB call number:
B615 T687v vol. 2 / 1-SIZE
Image title:
[Title page]
Place image published:
En Sevilla [Seville]
Image publisher:
Por Matthias Clauijo
Image date:
1615
Image function:
title page
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
26.6 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width:
18.3 cm. (platemark)
Page dimension height:
29.7 cm.
Page dimension width:
21 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Spanish
Description:
Spanish missionary instructing native Americans. Decorative elements include scenes of the passion, plus images of Saint Francis and another saint, probably Saint Thomas.
Source creator:
Torquemada, Juan de, fl. 1600
Source Title:
[Monarquía indiana] IIa parte de los veynte y vn libros rituales y monarchia yndiana: con el origen y guerras de los Yndias occidentales de sus poblaçones descubrimiento conquista conuersion y otras cosas marauillosas de la mesma tierra
Source place of publication:
En Sevilla [Seville]
Source publisher:
Por Matthias Clauijo
Source date:
1615
notes:
A priest instructs native Mexican men and women in Christian doctrine using five images--the mocking of Christ; Christ carrying the cross; the crucifixion; the harrowing of hell; and the resurrection.
Time Period:
1601-1650
References exhibitions:
Delgado-Gomez, A. Spanish Historical Writing about the New World, Fig. 28.
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1846.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540
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