Indian Temple, 1625
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Title
Indian Temple , 1625
Creator
Della Valle , Peter
Date Original
1665
Publisher
London , Printed by J . Macock , for H . Herringman
Description
1 print ; engraving , 24 x 14 cm . An Indian Temple in or near Chaul , as drawn and described by the author duing his visit on December 2nd to 16th , 1624 . 1 . The Street or High-way . 2 . The Gate leading to the Cistern . 3 . The place about the same . 4 . Gardens and Groves about the said Street . 5 . The Cistern or Artifical Lake . 6 . Stairs about it . 7 . Another Gate leading out of the Street or High-Way to the Temple . 8 . The open space where the Temple stands , enclos'd towards the Street with walls , and else-where with Gardens . 9.The Statue of Bue Nandi , under his Cupolet upon a pavement somwehat rais'd from the ground . 10 . A Pedestal with a sprig of Basil . 11 . The Entrance of the Temple . 12 . A little Porch of the same . 13 . The Temple-Gate . 14 . The Temple , empty within , saving that it hath a few wooden figures of Idolets , or other things . 15 . A wall'd Inclosure or Penetral within the Temple , which I saw not, wherein is the Statue of Rama . 16 . The little Chappel of the Idol Haniment . 17 . Little Chappels of other Idols , to which certain Gioghi , who stand there to beg Alms , sometimes repair . 18 . Other little Houses , perhaps , belonging to the Ministers of the Temple . 19 . A great Tree with a round bank of Earth about it , where sometime some Gioghi sit reading and contemplating after their manner ; of which sort of Trees many are planted in this inclos'd space .
Subject
Religious facilities ; Temples
Type
Image
Genre
Engravings
Location Depicted
Asia--India--Maharashtra--Chaul
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Rights Notes
No known copyright. Item is in public domain as it was published prior to 1923.
Source
Is found in The travels of Sig. Pietro della Valle , a noble Roman , into East-India and Arabia Deserta. In which the several countries... are faithfully described : in familiar letters to his friend Signior Mario Schipano. Whereunto is added a relation of Sir Thomas Roe's Voyage into the East-Indies , 915.4 V242t at Washington State University Libraries ' Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Holding Institution
Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections , Washington State University Libraries
Identifier
val227
Digitization
Original items were scanned in color at 600 dpi on a Microtek 9600XL scanner and saved as TIFF files. The TIFF files were converted into JPEGs and uploaded into the CONTENTdm database at the Washington State University Libraries.
Contributors
Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections
Language
English
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