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Johann Wechel
DimensionsSheet: 14 3/8 × 9 3/4 in. (36.5 × 24.8 cm)
Plate: 5 7/8 × 8 1/2 in. (14.9 × 21.6 cm)
Accession Number 2023.60
Classificationsprint
CopyrightPublic Domain
InscriptionsCulturæ & factionis ratio. (u,c print) XXI. (u,r print) DILIGENTER colunt terram Indi, eam ob causam ligones è piscium oBibus parare norunt viri, quibus manubria lignea aptantes, terram fodiunt satis facilè, nam mollior ect: ea deinde probè confracta & æquata, feminæ fabas & milium sive Mayzum serunt, præeuntis nonnullis quæ defixo in terram baculo foramina faciunt, in quæ fabæ & milÿ grana inÿciantur. Facta semente, agros relinquunt: nam eo tempore hiemis fugiendæ causa, que satis frigida ect, utpote regione inter Occidentem & Septentrionem sita, & circiter trimestre durat, nempe à 24. Decembris ad decimum quintum Martÿ, ÿ nudi incedentes in sylvas se abdunt. Transacta hieme, domum redeunt, expectantes sementis maturitatem. Messe confecta fructus recondunt in totius anni usum, nullum mercimonium ex ÿs facientes, nisi forte ob vilem aliquem supellectilem permutatione facta. (l,c print) 21 (l,c plate)
Portfolio/SeriesLes Grands Voyages, Vol. 2, India Occidentalis
ProvenanceJeffrey Hunter, Des Moines; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 2023]
Culturæ & Fationis ratio (Culture & Ethnicity System), from "Les Grands Voyages, Vol. 2, India Occidentalis"
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines