Things (Material, inanimate objects, mostly works of art, both preserved and unpreserved)
Iconography: [Ico7206] Old World porcupines (Hystricidae) and narrower iconographies
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ID Thing Type Category Technique Materials Function Image Width Height Depth Date description Date from Date to
[T11554]Porcupine. In Manuel Philes, Τοῦ σοφωτάτου Μανουηλου τοῦ Φιλη στίχοι ἰαμβικοὶ πρὸσ τὸν αὐτοκράτορα μιχαὴλ τὸν παλαιολόγον περὶ τῆς τῶν ζώων ἰδιότητος, manuscript (Oxford, Bodleian Library), fol. 37r ◼drawingpage: figurewashes, penpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T19634]Porcupine. In Manuel Philes, Τοῦ σοφωτάτου καὶ λογιωτάτου κυρίου Μανουήλου τοῦ Φιλῆ... (Harvard, 1565), manuscript (Cambridge, MA, Harvard University), fol. 37r ◼drawingpage: figurewashes, penparchment: vellumbook decoration: illustration
[T90093]Tab. LXVIII (Vitulus marinus, Lutra, Castor, Lonx, Herinaceus, Hijstrix). In Henricus Ruysch, Theatrum Universale Omnium Animalium Piscium, Avium, Quadrupedum, Exanguium, Aquaticorum, Insectorum, Et Angium, CCLX, Tabulis Ornatum, Amsterdam: 1718 (Vienna, ÖNB) ◼printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T89995]Tab. LXVIII (Vitulus marinus, Lutra, Castor, Lonx, Herinaceus, Hijstrix). In Jan Jonston, Historiae Naturalis De Quadrupedibus Libri. Cum aeneis figuris ..., Amsterdam: Jan Janszoon Schipper (printer), 1657 (Washington, DC, Smithsonian Libraries) ◼printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T82975]Porcupine. In Wolf Helmhard von Hohberg, Georgica Curiosa Aucta, 2, Nuremberg: Wolfgang Moritz Endter and Johann Andreas Endter, sons (printer), 1695, p. 706 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurepaperbook decoration: illustration
[T89025]Porcupine (Hystrix). In Conrad Gessner, Conr. Gesneri Medici Tigvrini Historiae Animalivm Liber Primvs De quadrupedibus viuiparis... Editio secunda ..., Frankfurt am Main: Robert Cambier (printer), 1620 (Poznań, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka), p. 563printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T88592]Porcupine and Hedgehog. In Michael Bernhard Valentini, Amphitheatrum zootomicum, Frankfurt am Main: 1720 (London, The Wellcome Library), Tab. XXXVI ◼printing: impressionpage: figureetching, engravingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T87752]James Heath (printmaker), Asian Long-tailed Porcupine and African Brush-tailed Porcupine (Iridescent Porcupine and Brush-tailed Porcupine). In George Shaw, General zoology, or Systematic natural history, vol. II, part 1, Mammalia, London: 1801, Pl. 124 ◼printing: impressionpage: figureetchingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T87749]James Heath (printmaker), Porcupine. In George Shaw, General zoology, or Systematic natural history, vol. II, part 1, Mammalia, London: 1801, Pl. 122 ◼printing: impressionpage: figureetchingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T87022]Porcupine. In Conrad Gessner, Icones Animalivm Qvadrvpedvm Viviparorvm Et Oviparorvm ..., Heidelberg: Andreas Cambier (printer), Johann Lancelot (printer), 1606 (London, BL), p. 87printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T64043]Marcus (I) Gheeraerts (designer attr.), Various animals. In Animalium Quadrupedum Omnis Generis Verae et Artificiosissimae Delineationes, Antwerp: Eduard van Hoeswinckel (printer), 1583 (Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum) ◼printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaper
[T86020]Porcupine (Hijstrix, Porco Spinoso) (Dresden, SKD, Kupferstich-Kabinett) ◼printing: impressionset or complex object: pieceetching, engravingpaper
[T86018]Egyptian Mongoose (captioned as Porcupine - Hijstrix, Porco spinoso) (Dresden, SKD, Kupferstich-Kabinett) ◼printing: impressionset or complex object: pieceetching, engravingpaper13999
[T76063]Willem Janszoon Blaeu (designer), Josua van den Ende (printmaker), Hessel Gerritsz (printmaker), Map of Africa. In Geographica Et Hydrographica Nova Africae Descriptio, Amsterdam: Hendrik (I) Hondius (printer), 1624 (Weimar, HAAB) ◼printing: impressionpage: figureengraving, etchingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T84205]Animals of Maragnan. In John Hamilton Moore, A new and complete collection of voyages and travels, London: Alexander Hogg (printer), 1785 (London, Wellcome Collection), p. 242/243 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurepaperbook decoration: illustration
[T84359]Sloth, Porcupine, Cercopithecus and Marmoset. In Arnoldus Montanus, America: being an accurate description of the Nevv VVorld, John Ogilby (translator), London: 1670 (Providence, RI, John Carter Brown Library), p. 515 ◼printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T84268]Animals of Maragnan. In George Henry Millar, The New, Complete, Authentic, and Universal System of Geography: Being a Complete Modern History and Description of the Whole World, London: Alexander Hogg (printer), 1782, p. 226/227 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurepaperbook decoration: illustration
[T43289]Hippopotamus, Sheep, Porcupine, Tortoise, Hyena and Civet Cat. In Peter Kolb, Caput Bonae Spei hodiernum, das ist: vollständige Beschreibung des africanischen Vorgebürges der Guten Hofnung, Nuremberg: 1719 (Regensburg, Staatliche Bibliothek), Tab. VI ◼printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T51139]Porcupine (Hystrix). In Ulisse Aldrovandi, Vlyssis Aldrovandi Patricii Bononiensis De Qvadrvpedib[us] Digitatis Viviparis Libri Tres ..., Bologna: Nicolò Tebaldini (printer), Marco Antonio Bernia (publisher), Bartolomeo Ambrosini (publisher), 1645 (Warsaw, BN), p. 474 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T82928]Beaver, Hedgehog and Porcupine. In Noël-Antoine Pluche, Le Spectacle De La Nature ... Contenant ce qui regarde les animaux & les plantes, The Hague: 1743 (Berlin, SBB) ◼printing: impressionpage: figurepaperbook decoration: illustration