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Johann Wechel
DimensionsSheet: 14 1/4 × 9 7/8 in. (36.2 × 25.1 cm)
Plate: 6 1/8 × 8 1/2 in. (15.6 × 21.6 cm)
Accession Number 2023.64
Classificationsprint
CopyrightPublic Domain
InscriptionsIn cerui exuvio Soli confecrando folennes ritus. (u,c print) XXXV. (u,r print) REgis Outina subditi singulis annis paulo ante ipsorum ver, nempe sub Februarÿ finem, maximi, quem capere potuerunt, cervi pellem cornua retinentem sumunt, eam omni selectissimarum, que apud ipsos nascuntur, stirpium genere impletam denuo consuunt, cornibus, gutturi, & reliquo corpori, selectiores fructus in corollas vel long as tenias nexos appendunt. Ea sic exornata ad fistularum & cantionum harmoniam in ampliBimam & elegantiBimam planiciem defertur, & altiBimæistîc arbori imponitur, capite & pectore ejus ad Orientem solem obversis, subinde precibus ad Solem repetitis, ut in eorum ditione similia quæ illi oblata sunt bonarenasci faciat: Rex cum suo Mago proximus ect arbori, & verba præit, vulgo, quod longius abest, respondente. Deinde Rex & reliqui salutato Sole, abeunt pelle istic relictain sequentem annum: singulis annis repetuntur ejusmodi ceremoniæ. (l,c print) 35 (l,c plate)
Portfolio/SeriesLes Grands Voyages, Vol. 2, India Occidentalis
ProvenanceJeffrey Hunter, Des Moines; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 2023]
In cerui exuvio Soli consecrando solennes ritus (By consecrating solemn rites to the sun in the sky), from "Les Grands Voyages, Vol. 2, India Occidentalis"
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines