dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Puebla, Puebla, Mexico | en_US |
dc.coverage.temporal | ca. 1765-1773 (creation) | en_US |
dc.creator | unknown (Mexican) | en_US |
dc.date | 1765-1773 | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-22T16:24:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-01-22T16:24:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1765-1773 | en_US |
dc.identifier | 186024 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 1879 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/93249 | |
dc.description | Interior of the Palafoxian Library; Located in the Casa de la Cultura, the Biblioteca Palafoxiana is a baroque-style library containing 42,000 volumes and some European and Latin American incunabula in a carved wood setting, collected by the Spanish bishop Juan de Palafox y Mendoza. The collection was donated to the Colegio de San Juan y San Pedro on September 5, 1646, by Palafox y Mendoza; this donation was formalized by a Royal Decree 1647 and by a Bull in 1648. The decorations and bookshelves were carved 1765-1773. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 6/21/2009) | en_US |
dc.format.medium | wood; stone | en_US |
dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
dc.subject | Seventeenth century | en_US |
dc.subject | Eighteenth century | en_US |
dc.subject | Churrigueresque | en_US |
dc.subject | Baroque | en_US |
dc.title | Palafoxian Library | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Biblioteca Palafoxiana | en_US |
dc.type | image | en_US |
dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A2-M-PU-PL-A3 | en_US |
vra.culturalContext | Mexican | en_US |
vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
vra.worktype | library (building) | en_US |
dc.contributor.display | unknown (Mexican) | en_US |