Silk processing; Ser, Sive, Sericvs Vermis; New inventions and discoveries; Nova Reperta. Emperor Justinian is on a throne and receives a bamboo stick from the hands of two monks with the eggs of the silkworm. The monks had smuggled these eggs from China and with that the Chinese monopoly was broken on silk. In the background all the phases of silk processing. First the mulberry leaves are picked. Then the silkworms are released on the leaves. Then the side is harvested and women weave textiles. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a ninetical series about new inventions and discoverie
Silk processing; Ser, Sive, Sericvs Vermis; New inventions and discoveries; Nova Reperta. Emperor Justinian is on a throne and receives a bamboo stick from the hands of two monks with the eggs of the silkworm. The monks had smuggled these eggs from China and with that the Chinese monopoly was broken on silk. In the background all the phases of silk processing. First the mulberry leaves are picked. Then the silkworms are released on the leaves. Then the side is harvested and women weave textiles. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a ninetical series about new inventions and discoveries.
Size: 3000px × 2253px
Photo credit: © BTEU/RKMLGE / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords:
