Title |
[The king's seat] [graphic]. |
Publisher |
[London: s.n] |
Publisher |
ENG. London. 1670 |
Date |
[1670] |
Physical Description |
1 print: woodcut; image 13 x 16 cm. (5 x 6.25 in) |
Description |
Shows the throne or ("seat") of an African King in Nether-Ethiopia. According to Ogilby's text, "The Stool, or Seat, whereupon
he sits, stands raised upon a Foot-pace, dressed with white and black Wickers, very artificially Woven, and other sorts of
curious adornings; behind his Back hangs on a Pole a Shield, cover'd with divers party-colour'd Stuffs, brought out of Europe.
Near him stand also six of eight Fanns, by them call'd Pos, or Mani, and containing in length and breadth half a Fathom, at
the upper end of a long Stick which runs through the middle of it, having a round Brim, in form of a half Globe fasten'd,
interwoven with little Horns, and with white and black Parrots Feathers between: Those Fanns certain People, which the King
keeps for that purpose, move with great force, which agitating the Air, causes a refreshing and pleasant coolness. Before
the King's seat lieth spread a great Cloth twenty Fathom long, and twelve broad, made of quilted Leaves sew'd together, upon
which none may go but the King and his Children; but round it they leave room for two or three persons to pass by, the Nobility
sitting in long Ranks, every one with a Buffles Tail in his Hand, which for the most part they move in the preference of the
King: Some sit upon the bare Ground; others upon Cloathes made of the same Stuff with the King's: Behind them stand the People;
as behind the King all his great Officers, not few in number." (p. 507)
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Is part of |
Ogilby, John, 1600-1676. Africa. London: Printed by Tho. Johnson, for the author, and are to be had at his house in White
Fryers, M.DC.LXX (1670).
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Notes |
Illustration in John Ogilby's Africa: Being an Accurate Description of the Regions of Aegypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid:
the Land of Negroes, Guinee, and Aethiopia, and Abyssines, with all the Adjacent Islands, either in the Mediterranean, Atlantick,
Southern, or Oriental Sea, Belonging Thereunto (London: Printed by Tho. Johnson, for the author, and are to be had at his
house in White Fryers, M.DC.LXX [1670]), p. 507.
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Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography. |
Subject |
Thrones -- Ethiopia. |
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Kings -- Ethiopia. |
Geographic subject |
Ethiopia -- Pictorial works -- 17th century. |
Genre |
Woodcuts -- 1660-1670. |
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Book illustrations -- 1660-1670. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | *Wing O163 14.F p 507 |
Accession number |
14.F |