Franciscan Maiolica Pharmacy Jar
A maiolica jar with a pair of applied, ornate handles in the shape of sea-horses and a short spout. The body of the jar bears the arms of the [Order of St Francis (Franciscans) surrounded by fruit and floral decoration. This jar would have been made for a Franciscan pharmacy, to container a liquid medicine. Religious houses were often purveyors of medicines during the 16th century. The reverse is …
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Creator
- The Hunt Museum as part of the Art of Reading in the Middle Ages project.
Subject
- Cultural Heritage & History
- Maiolica
- pharmacy jar
- seahorse
- reading culture (cities)
- Art of Reading in the Middle Ages
- Reading culture (medieval)
- containers (receptacles)
- apothecary containers
Type of item
- 3D
Creator
- The Hunt Museum as part of the Art of Reading in the Middle Ages project.
Subject
- Cultural Heritage & History
- Maiolica
- pharmacy jar
- seahorse
- reading culture (cities)
- Art of Reading in the Middle Ages
- Reading culture (medieval)
- containers (receptacles)
- apothecary containers
Type of item
- 3D
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Creation date
- 2022
- 2022
Temporal
- 1500-1560
- 16th century CE
- 1500/1560
Places
- Florence
Provenance
- Models are created using Shining3D’s Einscan Pro 2X laser scanner and ExScan Pro software. They are then processed using Meshlab and Blender. ; Mesh cleaning; Mesh processing; Photogrammetry
Identifier
- share3d:1111
- share3d:1111
Format
- glTF
Is part of
- Share3D
- Ireland
Relations
- https://www.huntmuseum.com/explore/item/d23eb97f-6de1-393a-a15c-09ce894fcc96/?s%3DHCM+293&pos=1
Year
- 2022
Providing country
- Ireland
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2022-08-01T14:54:51.981Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-12-09T11:24:27.667Z
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