Doctoris Didaci Cisneros Medici Complutensis ... – Antique Print
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A window into the past: Doctoris Didaci Cisneros Medici Complutensis ..., preserved in this antique engraving. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Doctoris Didaci Cisneros Medici Complutensis ...
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This engraving shows Diego Cisneros, a physician honored in its Latin title as a graduate of the University of Alcalá, whose Latin name, Complutum, gives the word "Complutensis." It appeared as an illustration in his 1618 work *Sitio, naturaleza y propriedades de la Ciudad de México*, a treatise on Mexico City's site, climate, and conditions for health. Printed portraits like this one were often used to lend authority to scholarly books, presenting the author as a learned man whose observations deserved trust. The record's attribution to the engraver Samuel Estradanus and some other details come from an older caption card and have not been independently verified.
| Created / published | 1618 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Notes | Engraving by Samuel Estradanus. Illus. in: Cisneros' Sitio, naturaleza y propriedades dela Ciudad de Mexico (1618). Reference copy may be in Biog. File - Cisneros, Diego, fl. 1618. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 990 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-108686 |
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