narrative:N338

Narratives – N338

Image of sturgeon sent to Aldrovandi by Marcin Fox

Ulisse Aldrovandi, De piscibus libri V et De cetis liber unus, p. 528

Latin

Tertia [icona] separatim picta e Polonia a Martino Foxio eruditissimo Medico Cracoviensi, pro vero & genuine Acipensere missa est, colore tota fumoso, & fortassis ex pisce fumo indurato facta.

Actors

Giovanni Battista Bellagamba compiler, compiler
Johannes Cornelius Uterverius (died 1619) compiler, compiler
Ulisse Aldrovandi (11 September 1522 - 4 May 1605) author

Related Iconographies

Sturgeon (Acipenser) (Iconclass: 25F62(STURGEON))

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Aldrovandi's zoological works (Natural history)

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Acipenser (Accipenser)

In-Urus interactions

⇤ Sea sturgeon (Accipenser verus). In Tavole acquarellate, vol. 6 (Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria di Bologna). Part of Drawings collected by Ulisse Aldrovandi's (so-called Tavole acquarellate) (Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria di Bologna), fol. 37 Part of Drawings collected by Ulisse Aldrovandi's (so-called Tavole acquarellate) ◼

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