Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [De Acapatli.]
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Accession number:
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07138
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Record number:
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07138-51
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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 Acapatli.]
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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. 100
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Technique:
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woodcut
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Image dimension height:
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12.5 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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7.2 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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Acapatli bush with its roots and 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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1651
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notes:
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The acapatli is probably Iva frutescens, also known as Jesuit's bark or quinine 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.cumauriceriver.org/botany/ivfr.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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Medicinal plants
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--Mexico
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