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Agricultural implements above a farmer tilling the field with a plough drawn by oxen. Woodcut after C. Gessner.
- Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565.
- Date
- 1551/1554
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Credit: Agricultural implements above a farmer tilling the field with a plough drawn by oxen. Woodcut after C. Gessner.
Credit: Wellcome Collection.
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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Publication/Creation
Tiguri [Zürich] : C. Froschoverus [C. Froschauer], 1551/1554.
Physical description
1 print : woodcut ; image 12 x 8 cm
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Lettering
Varia instrumenta rei rusticae, sicut excusa sunt cum Graecis in Hesiodi libros interpretationibus
Notes
On the same sheet as no. 40961i in this catalogue
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 40962i
Lettering note
The instruments bear legends in Greek
The lettering in Latin states that the tools are those identified in commentaries on Hesiod, i.e. Hesiod's Greek poem Works and days
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Languages
- Latin
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