Antwerp, Galle, Philips, Florence, Straet, Jan van der, Nova Reperta, New inventions and discoveries, Silk processing, verso middle - stamped, Emperor Justinian sits on a throne and receives a bamboo stick with the eggs of the silkworm from the hands of two monks. The monks had smuggled these eggs out of China and with that the Chinese monopoly on silk was broken. In the background all the stages of silk processing. First the mulberry leaves are picked. Then the silkworms are released on the leaves. Then the silk is harvested and women weave textiles from it. The print is part of a nineteen-part series on new inventions and discoveries., print, prints, height 192 mm, width 269 mm, South Netherlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1589 - 1593, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1523 - 1605-11-02, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher