XXII. Regulorum Sepulcra. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: XXII. Regulorum Sepulcra.
Subject: Algonquians; Indigenous peoples – North Carolina; Indigenous Chiefs – North America; Indigenous peoples – Funeral customs and rites - North America; Tombs; Indigenous peoples – Virginia
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Virginia; North Carolina; United States of America; North America; Frankfurt (Germany); Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Germany; Holy Roman Empire; Secota
Description: A tomb is shown, where the chiefs of this Indigenous group are laid to rest. The tomb sits inside a larger structure. It is set on thick logs that elevate it off the ground. The bodies of the chiefs are laid out side by side on a platform on top of the poles. Walls and ceiling enclose the bodies. At the base of the tomb a man crouches beside a fire.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver); John White (Painter); Johann Wechel (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:21307
Language: lat
Source Name: Admiranda narratio fida tamen, de commodis et incolarum ritibus Virginiæ, nuper admodum as Anglis, qui à Dn. Richardo Greinvile equestris ordinis viro eò in coloniam anno M.D.LXXXV deducti sunt inventæ, sumtus faciente Dn. Waltero Raleigh equestris ordinis viro fodinaru stanni præfecto ex auctoritate serenissimæ reginæ angliæ.
Parent Collection: 1590 Latin a briefe...
Image: mta_21307_OBJ.png