Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: facsimile [Boban Aztec Calendar Wheel]
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Accession number:
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30891
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Record number:
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30891-2
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JCB call number:
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facsimile Bibliographic File
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Image title:
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facsimile [Boban Aztec Calendar Wheel]
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Place image published:
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[Paris]
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Image date:
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[1866-1867]
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Image function:
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calendar
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Technique:
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lithograph
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Image dimension height:
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37.4 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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38.5 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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39. cm.
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Page dimension width:
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46.3 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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Nahuatl
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Description:
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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.
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Source creator:
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Doutrelaine, Colonel
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Source Title:
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Archives de la commission scientifique de Mexique, vol. 3, p. 120-133
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Source place of publication:
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Paris
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Source date:
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1866-1867
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notes:
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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.
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Time Period:
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1492-1600
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References:
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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
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1950.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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Commentary:
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geographic area:
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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Aztec calendar
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