COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
mediaCollectionId
JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
29022
accession_no
29022
Accession number
false
Record number:
29022-12
record_number
29022-12
Record number
false
JCB call number:
Codex Ind 1 /1-SIZE
jcb_call_no
Codex Ind 1 /1-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Three Mexican men]
image_title
[Three Mexican men]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Mexico City, Mexico?]
place_image_published
[Mexico City, Mexico?]
Place image published
false
Image date:
[between 1700 and 1748]
image_date
[between 1700 and 1748]
Image date
false
Image function:
illustration; leaf [12v]
image_function
illustration; leaf [12v]
Image function
false
Technique:
manuscript, watercolor
technique
manuscript, watercolor
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
22 cm.
image_dimensions_height
22 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
18.8 cm.
image_dimensions_width
18.8 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
24.6 cm.
page_dimensions_height
24.6 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
42.5 cm. [both pages]
page_dimensions_width
42.5 cm. [both pages]
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink, colors
materials_medium
ink, colors
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
amatl paper
materials_support
amatl paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
Nahuatl
languages
Nahuatl
Languages
false
Description:
Three native Americans of ancient Mexico wearing skin garments and sandals and carrying spears, bow, and arrows.
description
Three native Americans of ancient Mexico wearing skin garments and sandals and carrying spears, bow, and arrows.
Description
false
Source place of publication:
[Mexico City, Mexico?]
source_place_of_publication
[Mexico City, Mexico?]
Source place of publication
false
Source date:
[between 1700 and 1748]
source_date
[between 1700 and 1748]
Source date
false
notes:
This codex, known as the Codex Santa María Tetelpan, was long believed to be a 16th century manuscript. This work is now thought to have been prepared in the early 18th century by the residents of Mazetepec/Tetelpan, in defense against challenges to the village boundaries. The indigenous techniques employed for such narrative paintings as these were still being used 200 years after the conquest. Combining traditional water color paintings with text in the Nahuatl language, the preparers sought to imitate original landholding documents of the 16th century. It is also known as the Coyoacán Codex.
notes
This codex, known as the Codex Santa María Tetelpan, was long believed to be a 16th century manuscript. This work is now thought to have been prepared in the early 18th century by the residents of Mazetepec/Tetelpan, in defense against challenges to the village boundaries. The indigenous techniques employed for such narrative paintings as these were still being used 200 years after the conquest. Combining traditional water color paintings with text in the Nahuatl language, the preparers sought to imitate original landholding documents of the 16th century. It is also known as the Coyoacán Codex.
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
Time Period
false
References:
Robertson, D. "Techialoyan manuscripts," Handbook of Middle American Indians, vol. XIV, 253-280
references_
Robertson, D. "Techialoyan manuscripts," Handbook of Middle American Indians, vol. XIV, 253-280
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1941.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1941.
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:
Indians of Mexico
subject_heads
Indians of Mexico
Subject headings
false