COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Accession number:
80-39
Record number:
80-39-1
JCB call number:
JA520 V436i
Image title:
[Title page]
Place image published:
[Basel]
Image publisher:
[Andreas Cratander]
Image date:
1519
Image function:
title page
Technique:
woodcut
Image dimension height:
15.5 cm.
Image dimension width:
11.2 cm.
Page dimension height:
20 cm.
Page dimension width:
14.1 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Latin
Description:
Ornamental decoration on title page contains native Americans, llamas [?], feathered headdresses, elephant, other exotic people and animals.
Source creator:
Velenus, Ulrichus
Source Title:
In hoc libello grauissimis, certissimisq[ue], [et] in sacra scriptura fundatis ratio[n]ibus uarijs probatur, Apostolu[m] Petrum Romam no[n] venisse, neq[ue] illic passum. proinde satis friuole, [et] temere Romanus Pontifex se Petri successorem iactat, [et] nomi[n]at [etcetera]
Source place of publication:
[Basel]
Source publisher:
[Andreas Cratander]
Source date:
[1520?]
notes:
The title is within a woodcut ornamental border (known to be used by Andreas Cratander in Basel). The author's name is probably a pseudonym and derived from p. [3]: "Vlrichus Velenus Minhoniensis Benigno Lectori Salutem."
Time Period:
1492-1600
References:
Lamping, A. J. Ulrichus Velenus (Oldrich Velensk?) and his treatise against the Papacy, p. 209-212
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1980.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Llamas
Subject headings:
Indians