COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
04362
Record number:
04362-30
JCB call number:
JA675 T167s / 1-SIZE
Image title:
P. Didacus de Alfaro, in America Laxamae illustri Sanguine natus, Soc: Iesu, in obsequio Pastoralis animarum curae ab infidelibus caesus in Paraquaria. A. 1639. die 17 Ianuarij
Place image published:
[Prague]
Image publisher:
[Typis Universitatis Carolo-Ferdinandeae]
Image date:
[1675]
Image function:
illustration; p. 503
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
15.3 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width:
10.8 cm. (platemark)
Page dimension height:
29.1 cm.
Page dimension width:
17.8 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Latin
Description:
Priest or monk kneels before a native American who shoots him with a gun or musket. In the background is a scene of warfare.
Source creator:
Tanner, Mathias, 1630-1692
Source Title:
Societas Jesu usque ad sanguinis et vitae profusionem militans in Europea, Africa, Asia, et America
Source place of publication:
Pragae [Prague]
Source publisher:
Typis Universitatis Carolo-Ferdinandeae, in Collegio Societatis Jesu ad S. Clementem per Joannem Nicolaum Hampel Factorem
Source date:
M. DC. LXXV. [1675]
notes:
Diego de Alfaro was martyred in Paraguay in 1637 during the conflicts with the Mamelucos (mixed European-native race). He had been left in charge of the three remaining Jesuit missions on the Uruguay and Parana rivers.The author, Mathias Tanner from Pilsen, Bohemia, entered the Society of Jesus in 1646, spent most of his life in Prague, and became rector of the Colegio and Imperial University.
Time Period:
1651-1700
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1873.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Christian martyrs--Paraguay
Subject headings:
Indians of South America--Paraguay
Subject headings:
Jesuits--Paraguay
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