Aquasparta, Italy
Date
1637
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Object type
Library reference
R64776
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (plate): 227mm
width (plate): 363mm
height (page): 279mm
width (page): 396mm
width (plate): 363mm
height (page): 279mm
width (page): 396mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Landscape view of the Acquasparta region in Umbria, Italy, showing a large site of fossilised wood.
A hillside view crevassed with a river running down the right-hand side and opening out to a rockier terrain at the bottom. Several areas of fossilised wood shown along the course of the waterway and its banks. The hilltop appears arable and dotted with trees, some of which are anchored with exposed roots where the earth has eroded. Four plumes of smoke issue from the ground above the riverbank by an area of fossilised wood, with planks lying horizontally in the hillside like steps.
Inscribed with the number 2.
Plate 2 to Trattato del Legno Fossile Minerale Nuovamente Scoperto [Treatise of the newly discovered fossilised mineralised wood] by Francesco Stelluti (1637)
Francesco Stelluti (1577-1652), Italian naturalist, was a founding member of the Accademia dei Lincei.
A hillside view crevassed with a river running down the right-hand side and opening out to a rockier terrain at the bottom. Several areas of fossilised wood shown along the course of the waterway and its banks. The hilltop appears arable and dotted with trees, some of which are anchored with exposed roots where the earth has eroded. Four plumes of smoke issue from the ground above the riverbank by an area of fossilised wood, with planks lying horizontally in the hillside like steps.
Inscribed with the number 2.
Plate 2 to Trattato del Legno Fossile Minerale Nuovamente Scoperto [Treatise of the newly discovered fossilised mineralised wood] by Francesco Stelluti (1637)
Francesco Stelluti (1577-1652), Italian naturalist, was a founding member of the Accademia dei Lincei.
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