Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [left] Acocotlis; [right] Acocotlis alia Icon.
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Accession number:
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07138
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Record number:
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07138-8
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JCB call number:
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B651 H557n / 2-SIZE
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Image title:
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[left] Acocotlis; [right] Acocotlis alia Icon.
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Place image published:
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[Rome]
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Image publisher:
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[Vitale Mascardi]
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Image date:
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[1651]
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Image function:
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illustration; p. 31
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Technique:
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woodcut
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Image dimension height:
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11.8 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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14.1 cm. (both images)
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Page dimension height:
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33.1 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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21.5 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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Description:
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Two double-flowered dahlia plants with their tubers and details of their leaves.
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Source creator:
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Hernández, Francisco, 1517-1587
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Source Title:
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Nova plantarum, animalium et mineralium mexicanorum historia ...
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Source place of publication:
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Romae [Rome]
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Source publisher:
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Sumptibus Blasij Deuersini, & Zanobij Masotti Bibliopolarum. Typis Vitalis Mascardi
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Source date:
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MDCLI [1651]
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notes:
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Author describes these dahlias as coming from Cuernavaca and Tepoztlan in present-day Morelos, Mexico. The Nahuatl name translates literally as water cane or water pipe. Paul D. Sorensen (see citation below) believes that these double-flowered dahlias may be Dahlia pinnata, D. coccinea, or D. brevis. The dahlia is native to Mexico and is its national flower. Its stems were used for pipes.Hernández was an expert on medicinal botany who became personal physician to King Philip II of Spain. In 1571 he left for Mexico and the Philippines where he collected specimens for seven years. Three indigenous artists accompanied him.
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Time Period:
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1651-1700
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References:
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http://arnoldia.arboretum.harvard.edu/pdf/articles/1705.pdf (Sept. 2007)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1971.
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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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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Botany--Mexico
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--Mexico
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Subject headings:
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Medicinal plants
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Subject headings:
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Dahlias
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