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    The Códice Casanatense, its popular Portuguese title, or the Codex Casanatense 1889, is a set of 16th-century Portuguese illustrations, which depict peoples...
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    women, from the Códice Casanatense. 16th century Indo-Portuguese illustration of the main deities of Hinduism at the Códice Casanatense. 16th century Indo-Portuguese...
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    The Biblioteca Casanatense is a large historic library in Rome, Italy, named in honour of Cardinal Girolamo Casanate (1620–1700) whose private library...
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    widow with her dead husband. One of the drawings in the Portuguese Códice Casanatense shows the live burial of a Hindu widow in the 16th century. Jean-Baptiste...
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    Mercenary Turkic horseman, depicted by the Portuguese in the Códice Casanatense...
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    Anonymous 1540 Portuguese illustration from the Códice Casanatense, depicting Acehnese. The inscription reads: "People that inhabit the island of Sumatra...
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    16th-century Portuguese illustration from the Códice Casanatense, depicting workers...
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    Portuguese man (lower right, in yellow) amongst the customers of a Gujarati moneychanger, Códice Casanatense (c. 1540)...
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  • Warrior from the Moluccas (in modern-day Maluku Islands, Indonesia) Códice Casanatense José Honorato Lozano Damián Domingo Juan Luna Fernando Amorsolo Fabián...
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    Malay-Portuguese conflicts Acehnese-Portuguese conflicts Luso-Asians Códice Casanatense Ricklefs, M.C. (1991). A History of Modern Indonesia since c. 1300...
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    Portuguese household in Hormuz. Houses were purposely flooded because of the heat. Depicted in the Códice Casanatense...
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    Portuguese watercolour sketch of Saint Thomas Christians, first contacted by Cabral and depicted in the Códice Casanatense....
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    16th century Portuguese depiction of a bathing scene at Muscat, in the Códice Casanatense...
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    16th-century Portuguese illustration from the Códice Casanatense, depicting a Hindu ritual, in which a widow is buried alive with her dead husband...
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  • Christian maidens of Goa meeting a Portuguese nobleman seeking a wife, from the Códice Casanatense (c. 1540)...
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  • "Malabarese Jews", as depicted by the Portuguese in the 16th century Códice Casanatense...
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    16th century Portuguese depiction of Ethiopians, from the Códice Casanatense....
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    Musicians and dancers at a Hindu wedding ceremony, from the Códice Casanatense (c. 1540)...
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    Hejazi Arabian merchant and wife (Códice Casanatense, c. 1540)...
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  • Christian maidens of Goa meeting a Portuguese nobleman seeking a wife, from the Códice Casanatense (c. 1540)...
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    16th-century Portuguese illustration from the Códice Casanatense, depicting inhabitants of Gujarat...
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    trade routes (blue) 16th century Portuguese illustration from the Códice Casanatense, depicting a Portuguese nobleman with his retinue in India 16th century...
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    Saint Thomas Syrian Christians described in the Códice Casanatense...
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    Arabian boduis farm couple, possibly Yemeni (Códice Casanatense, c. 1540)...
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    Portuguese watercolour of Malayan people of Malacca, c. 1540, featured in the Códice Casanatense...
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    16th century Portuguese watercolour of the Chinese, contained within the Códice Casanatense....
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    Jewish couple depicted in 16th century Portuguese Códice Casanatense...
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    Mediterranean countries where many of these legends originated. The Códice Casanatense (c. 1540), a Portuguese book describing the areas the Portuguese had...
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    Inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope dubbed Cafres by the Portuguese (Códice Casanatense, c. 1540)...
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    Portuguese watercolour sketch of Acehnese, in the Códice Casanatense....
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