Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [De Capolin, seu Ceraso dulci Indica.]
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Accession number:
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07138
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Record number:
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07138-49
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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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[De Capolin, seu Ceraso dulci Indica.]
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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. 95
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Technique:
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woodcut
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Image dimension height:
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12 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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5.4 cm.
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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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Capolin tree with its roots, leaves, and flowers. Includes detail of flowers.
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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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1651
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notes:
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The capolin tree is probably Prunus salicifolia, native to the valley of Mexico.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 from chapter title.
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Time Period:
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1651-1700
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References:
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http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/capulin.html (Feb. 2009)
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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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Prunus
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Subject headings:
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Medicinal plants
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--Mexico
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