Ceremoniæ à Saturioua in expeditionem adversus hostes profecturo, observatæ / [Theodor de Bry].

Ceremoniæ à Saturioua in expeditionem adversus hostes profecturo, observatæ / [Theodor de Bry].

Description:

Depicts Chief Saturiba (also spelled Saturiwa, Saturioua, and Satourioua) of the Timucua performing a sacrifice to the gods before heading into war. He stands before a fire (at right) offering a bowl in his right hand up to the sky. He wears a feathered headdress and a loincloth with a long fur tail, and his body is covered in tattoos. A large group of men in similar garb are gathered around him.; Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provīcia Gallis acciderunt, secunda in illam nauigatione, duce Renato de Laudōniere ... anno MDLXIIII. Qvae est secvnda pars Americae ... / Auctore Iacobo Le Moyne, cui cognomen de Morgues ... Nunc primùm Gallico sermone à Theodoro de Bry Leodiense in lucem edita: Latio verò donata a C. C. A. Francoforti ad Moenvm : Typis I. Wecheli, sumtibus vero T. de Bry, venales reperiūtur in officina S. Feirabēdii, 1591, [plate] XI.; Eighteen lines of text in Latin are engraved below the image.; Engraving by Theodor de Bry after 1564 watercolor by Jacques Le Moyne.

Date Issued: ca. 1591]
Collection: William L. Clements Library Image Bank
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Language: UND
Type: still image