COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
0348
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0348
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Record number:
0348-4
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0348-4
Record number
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JCB call number:
E620 D934h
jcb_call_no
E620 D934h
JCB call number
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Image title:
Narcissus Indicus rubro flore.
image_title
Narcissus Indicus rubro flore.
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Guillaume Macé]
image_publisher
[Guillaume Macé]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1620]
image_date
[1620]
Image date
false
Image function:
illustration; p. 9
image_function
illustration; p. 9
Image function
false
Technique:
woodcut
technique
woodcut
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
5.9 cm.
image_dimensions_height
5.9 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
3 cm.
image_dimensions_width
3 cm.
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false
Page dimension height:
11 cm.
page_dimensions_height
11 cm.
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false
Page dimension width:
7.1 cm.
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7.1 cm.
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false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Jacobean, St. James, or Aztec lily.
description
Jacobean, St. James, or Aztec lily.
Description
false
Source creator:
Du Pinet, Antoine, 16th cent
source_creator
Du Pinet, Antoine, 16th cent
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Histoire des plantes, nouuellement trouuées en l'Isle Virgine, & autres lieux, lesquelles ont esté prises & cultiuées au iarden de Monsieur Robin arboriste du Roy. Non encore veuës n'y imprimées par cy deuant.
source_title
Histoire des plantes, nouuellement trouuées en l'Isle Virgine, & autres lieux, lesquelles ont esté prises & cultiuées au iarden de Monsieur Robin arboriste du Roy. Non encore veuës n'y imprimées par cy deuant.
Source Title
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Source place of publication:
A Paris
source_place_of_publication
A Paris
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false
Source publisher:
Chez Guillaume Macé au mont S Hilaire, a l'enseigne de la pyramide.
source_publisher
Chez Guillaume Macé au mont S Hilaire, a l'enseigne de la pyramide.
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1620
source_date
1620
Source date
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notes:
This lily is probably Sprekelia or Jacobean lily, also known as the Aztec lily. It is native to Mexico.Some contend that this description of Virginia plants is by the French botanist, Jean Robin (1550-1629), the most famous botanist of his time. The book appeared with its own title in 1620 in L'Histoire des plantes by Geoffroy Linocier (itself an adaptation of Historia Plantarum by Du Pinet). Jean Robin established one of the most beautiful gardens in Paris between the Louvre and St. Germain l'Auxerrois. There he naturalized many plants, some of them raised from seeds gathered in Virginia.Antoine du Pinet (d. 1584) condensed the work of the botanist P. A. Mattioli to produce one of the earliest pocket herbals. Each plant is illustrated in woodcut and described briefly.
notes
This lily is probably Sprekelia or Jacobean lily, also known as the Aztec lily. It is native to Mexico.Some contend that this description of Virginia plants is by the French botanist, Jean Robin (1550-1629), the most famous botanist of his time. The book appeared with its own title in 1620 in L'Histoire des plantes by Geoffroy Linocier (itself an adaptation of Historia Plantarum by Du Pinet). Jean Robin established one of the most beautiful gardens in Paris between the Louvre and St. Germain l'Auxerrois. There he naturalized many plants, some of them raised from seeds gathered in Virginia.Antoine du Pinet (d. 1584) condensed the work of the botanist P. A. Mattioli to produce one of the earliest pocket herbals. Each plant is illustrated in woodcut and described briefly.
notes
false
Time Period:
1601-1650
time_period
1601-1650
Time Period
false
References:
http://www.ces.ncsu… (Nov. 2007)
references_
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/bulbs-summer/sprekelia.html (Nov. 2007)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1846.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1846.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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false
geographic area:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Amaryllidaceae
subject_heads
Amaryllidaceae
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--North America
subject_heads
Natural history--North America
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Botany--North America
subject_heads
Botany--North America
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Botany--Pre-Linnean works
subject_heads
Botany--Pre-Linnean works
Subject headings
false