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JCB Archive of Early American Images mediaCollectionId JCB~1~1 JCB Archive of Early American Images Collection true
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Accession number:
01798 accession_no 01798 Accession number false
Record number:
01798-8 record_number 01798-8 Record number false
JCB call number:
B577 M735j jcb_call_no B577 M735j JCB call number false
Image title:
[The fruite of Balsamo.] image_title [The fruite of Balsamo.] Image title false
Place image published:
[London] place_image_published [London] Place image published false
Image publisher:
[Willyam Norton] image_publisher [Willyam Norton] Image publisher false
Image date:
1577 image_date 1577 Image date false
Image function:
illustration; leaf 76 recto image_function illustration; leaf 76 recto Image function false
Technique:
woodcut technique woodcut Technique false
Image dimension height:
2.8 cm. image_dimensions_height 2.8 cm. Image dimension height false
Image dimension width:
5.9 cm. image_dimensions_width 5.9 cm. Image dimension width false
Page dimension height:
17.5 cm. page_dimensions_height 17.5 cm. Page dimension height false
Page dimension width:
13 cm. page_dimensions_width 13 cm. Page dimension width false
Materials medium:
ink materials_medium ink Materials medium false
Materials support:
paper materials_support paper Materials support false
Description:
The fruit of the balsam of Peru. description The fruit of the balsam of Peru. Description false
Source creator:
Monardes, Nicolás, ca. 1512-1588 source_creator Monardes, Nicolás, ca. 1512-1588 Source creator false
Source Title:
[Historia medicinal. English] Ioyfull nevves out of the newe founde worlde, wherein is declared the rare and singular vertues of diuerse and sundrie hearbes, trees, oyles, plantes and stones source_title [Historia medicinal. English] Ioyfull nevves out of the newe founde worlde, wherein is declared the rare and singular vertues of diuerse and sundrie hearbes, trees, oyles, plantes and stones Source Title false
Source place of publication:
London source_place_of_publication London Source place of publication false
Source publisher:
Poules Churche-yearde, by Willyam Norton source_publisher Poules Churche-yearde, by Willyam Norton Source publisher false
Source date:
1577 source_date 1577 Source date false
notes:
Text describes the production of balsam resin (Balsamum peruvianum) in New Spain and its use as a remedy for head ailments. The tree (Myroxylon toluifera) is incised and the resin is collected and extracted.Image title from chapter title. notes Text describes the production of balsam resin (Balsamum peruvianum) in New Spain and its use as a remedy for head ailments. The tree (Myroxylon toluifera) is incised and the resin is collected and extracted.Image title from chapter title. notes false
Time Period:
1492-1600 time_period 1492-1600 Time Period false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1854. provenance_or_donor Acquired in 1854. 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 Owner and copyright 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:
Botany subject_heads Botany Subject headings false
Subject headings:
Materia medica subject_heads Materia medica Subject headings false

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