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Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)
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Armadillo

In Conrad Gessner, Icones Animalivm Qvadrvpedvm Viviparorvm Et Oviparorvm ..., Heidelberg: Andreas Cambier (printer), Johann Lancelot (printer), 1606 (London, BL), p. 103

p. 103 (110 of 146 in-Urus figures)
p. 103
p. 104
Details
  • printing: impression
  • woodcut
  • paper
  • page: figure
  • book decoration: illustration
Matrices
  • Armadillo (Froschauer 1554)
Actors
  • Andreas Cambier (fl. 1597 - 1620) printer : 1606
  • Johann Lancelot (died 1619) printer : 1606
Places
  • Heidelberg production place : 1606
Design

Armadillo (Froschauer 1554) Part of Set for Gessner's Historia animalium (Froschauer) ◼

In-Urus interactions
  • ⇥ Armadillo. In Tavole acquarellate, vol. 5 (Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria di Bologna). Part of Drawings collected by Ulisse Aldrovandi's (so-called Tavole acquarellate) (Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria di Bologna), fol. 3 Part of Drawings collected by Ulisse Aldrovandi's (so-called Tavole acquarellate)
  • ⇥ Elisabeth Haussard (printmaker), Armadillo and Beaver (Didot) Part of Set for Prévost's Histoire générale des voyages (Didot; Rozet) ◼
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Iconography description
  • Armadillo (Armadillo) (Iconclass: 25F29(ARMADILLO))
Functional context

Gessner's Historia animalium or Icones, or Topsell (Natural history)

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Created by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-06-03 18:40)

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  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-06-03 18:40)

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