COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
07138
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07138
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Record number:
07138-33
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07138-33
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JCB call number:
B651 H557n / 2-SIZE
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B651 H557n / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
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Image title:
[De Xiloxochitl. Flore Capillaceo.]
image_title
[De Xiloxochitl. Flore Capillaceo.]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Rome]
place_image_published
[Rome]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Vitale Mascardi]
image_publisher
[Vitale Mascardi]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1651
image_date
1651
Image date
false
Image function:
illustration; p. 68
image_function
illustration; p. 68
Image function
false
Technique:
woodcut
technique
woodcut
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
11.8 cm.
image_dimensions_height
11.8 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
6 cm.
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6 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
33.1 cm.
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33.1 cm.
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false
Page dimension width:
21.5 cm.
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21.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
Materials medium
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Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Xiloxochitl tree with its roots, leaves, and flowers. Includes caterpillar and detail of flower.
description
Xiloxochitl tree with its roots, leaves, and flowers. Includes caterpillar and detail of flower.
Description
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Source creator:
Hernández, Francisco, 1517-1587
source_creator
Hernández, Francisco, 1517-1587
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Nova plantarum, animalium et mineralium mexicanorum historia ...
source_title
Nova plantarum, animalium et mineralium mexicanorum historia ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Romae [Rome]
source_place_of_publication
Romae [Rome]
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false
Source publisher:
Sumptibus Blasij Deuersini, & Zanobij Masotti Bibliopolarum. Typis Vitalis Mascardi
source_publisher
Sumptibus Blasij Deuersini, & Zanobij Masotti Bibliopolarum. Typis Vitalis Mascardi
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false
Source date:
1651
source_date
1651
Source date
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notes:
The xiloxochitl tree is probably Pachira aquatica or the Guiana chestnut, native to northeastern South America and to Central America. Its pods contain edible nuts, and its leaves and flowers are also edible.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. Hernández linked each plant with one or more of the humors of the body.Image title taken from chapter title.
notes
The xiloxochitl tree is probably Pachira aquatica or the Guiana chestnut, native to northeastern South America and to Central America. Its pods contain edible nuts, and its leaves and flowers are also edible.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. Hernández linked each plant with one or more of the humors of the body.Image title taken from chapter title.
notes
false
Time Period:
1651-1700
time_period
1651-1700
Time Period
false
References:
http://www.floridat… (Feb. 2009)
references_
http://www.floridata.com/ref/P/pach_aqu.cfm (Feb. 2009)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1971.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1971.
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:
Natural history--Central America
subject_heads
Natural history--Central America
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--South America
subject_heads
Natural history--South America
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Botany--Central America
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Botany--Central America
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Botany--South America
subject_heads
Botany--South America
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Medicinal plants
subject_heads
Medicinal plants
Subject headings
false