COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
30891
accession_no
30891
Accession number
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Record number:
30891-2
record_number
30891-2
Record number
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JCB call number:
facsimile Bibliographic File
jcb_call_no
facsimile Bibliographic File
JCB call number
false
Image title:
facsimile [Boban Aztec Calendar Wheel]
image_title
facsimile [Boban Aztec Calendar Wheel]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image date:
[1866-1867]
image_date
[1866-1867]
Image date
false
Image function:
calendar
image_function
calendar
Image function
false
Technique:
lithograph
technique
lithograph
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
37.4 cm.
image_dimensions_height
37.4 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
38.5 cm.
image_dimensions_width
38.5 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
39. cm.
page_dimensions_height
39. cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
46.3 cm.
page_dimensions_width
46.3 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
Nahuatl
languages
Nahuatl
Languages
false
Description:
Symbolic representation of the months and day of the Aztec year with explanatory text in Nahuatl language transcribed into European script. At top left of the interior circle is a depiction of Hernando decor [Hernán Cortés?] wearing a black Spanish hat seated on a blue circle [the Lake of Mexico?], at top right is Don Antonio Pimentel [son of Ixtlilxochitl, an ally of Cortés, and last native king of Tezcuco] seated on a representation of a mountain [the Sierras of Acolhuan]. In the middle is an image of Netzcualcoyotl [the king of Acolhuan], and Itzcohuatl [his ally, the king of Mexico]. Each are enthroned with their symbol in front of them. At bottom, are depictions of the ancient Chichimecas, founders of the Tezcuco empire, or native Americans, who sit before a sacrificial fire which rises to the sun.
description
Symbolic representation of the months and day of the Aztec year with explanatory text in Nahuatl language transcribed into European script. At top left of the interior circle is a depiction of Hernando decor [Hernán Cortés?] wearing a black Spanish hat seated on a blue circle [the Lake of Mexico?], at top right is Don Antonio Pimentel [son of Ixtlilxochitl, an ally of Cortés, and last native king of Tezcuco] seated on a representation of a mountain [the Sierras of Acolhuan]. In the middle is an image of Netzcualcoyotl [the king of Acolhuan], and Itzcohuatl [his ally, the king of Mexico]. Each are enthroned with their symbol in front of them. At bottom, are depictions of the ancient Chichimecas, founders of the Tezcuco empire, or native Americans, who sit before a sacrificial fire which rises to the sun.
Description
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Source creator:
Doutrelaine, Colonel
source_creator
Doutrelaine, Colonel
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Archives de la commission scientifique de Mexique, vol. 3, p. 120-133
source_title
Archives de la commission scientifique de Mexique, vol. 3, p. 120-133
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Paris
source_place_of_publication
Paris
Source place of publication
false
Source date:
1866-1867
source_date
1866-1867
Source date
false
notes:
The Boban Calendar, named after Eugène Boban, a French archeologist and collector, was brought to general attention in 1866 when Colonel Doutrelaine published a reproduction and explanation of the calendar in Archives de la commission scientifique de Mexique, Paris, 1866-1867, vol. 3, p. 120-133. Because of deterioration, the reproduction made in 1866 shows much greater detail than the original. The names of the months are written in Nahuatl (but with Castilian characters); the months are given different symbols than are usually present on other Aztec calendars. This accession number has been assigned for the purpose of collocation only; the item bears no accession number.
notes
The Boban Calendar, named after Eugène Boban, a French archeologist and collector, was brought to general attention in 1866 when Colonel Doutrelaine published a reproduction and explanation of the calendar in Archives de la commission scientifique de Mexique, Paris, 1866-1867, vol. 3, p. 120-133. Because of deterioration, the reproduction made in 1866 shows much greater detail than the original. The names of the months are written in Nahuatl (but with Castilian characters); the months are given different symbols than are usually present on other Aztec calendars. This accession number has been assigned for the purpose of collocation only; the item bears no accession number.
notes
false
Time Period:
1492-1600
time_period
1492-1600
Time Period
false
References:
Archives de la commission scientifique de Mexique, Paris, 1866-1867, vol. 3, p. 120-133; Robertson, D. Mexican manuscript painting, p. 146-149, fig. 51
references_
Archives de la commission scientifique de Mexique, Paris, 1866-1867, vol. 3, p. 120-133; Robertson, D. Mexican manuscript painting, p. 146-149, fig. 51
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1950.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1950.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
Commentary:
commentary
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Commentary
false
geographic area:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Aztec calendar
subject_heads
Aztec calendar
Subject headings
false