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Things – T94498

Ancient Germanic Tribe Sacrificing a Bull (Germanorum Sacrificandi Ritus)

In C. Julii Caesaris quae extant, London: Jacob (I) Tonson (publisher), [by mid-March] 1712 (Warsaw, BUW, St.Dr.), no 36

no 36 (56 of 135 in-Urus figures)

Details

Matrices

Cornelis Huyberts (printmaker), Ancient Germanic Tribe Sacrificing a Bull (state I/II) (Tonson)

Actors

Cornelis Huyberts (ca 1669 - buried 11 August 1709) printmaker : 1703 - July 1709
Thomas Wentworth (baptised 17 September 1672 - 15 November 1739) dedicatee : June 1711 - March 1712

Places

London production place : [by mid-March] 1712

Design

Cornelis Huyberts (printmaker), Ancient Germanic Tribe Sacrificing a Bull (state I/II) (Tonson) Part of Set of plates for Caesar's Commentarii in folio (Tonson 1712) ◼

In-Urus interactions

Expert view

Iconography description

Narrative

Customs of the Gallic tribes (Commentarii de bello Gallico, VI, 11-20)

Functional context

Corpus Caesarianum (Cosmographies, chorographies and chronicles)

Inscriptions, Markings and Mentions

Matrix inscriptions

References

Matrices' graphic catalogue entries

New Hollstein Dutch&Flemish: 422-copy f

Credits

Created by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2026-06-13 08:59)

Edited by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2026-06-13 18:02)