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:
30289
accession_no
30289
Accession number
false
Record number:
30289-86
record_number
30289-86
Record number
false
JCB call number:
Codex Ind 2
jcb_call_no
Codex Ind 2
JCB call number
false
Image title:
2a. Tula
image_title
2a. Tula
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Mexico]
place_image_published
[Mexico]
Place image published
false
Image date:
[ca. 1585]
image_date
[ca. 1585]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; leaf 87
image_function
plate; leaf 87
Image function
false
Technique:
painting
technique
painting
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
13 cm.
image_dimensions_height
13 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
19.1 cm.
image_dimensions_width
19.1 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
21 cm.
page_dimensions_height
21 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
15.2 cm.
page_dimensions_width
15.2 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
watercolor
materials_medium
watercolor
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
Nahuatl
languages
Nahuatl
Languages
false
Description:
Coatepec, the Toltec city in Tula, is represented by a hill with a serpent or snake on it. Water with leaping fish flows from the hill. On the right is Tenoch (known from his glyph of a flowering cactus), the legendary hero who founded Tenochtitlán. On the left is Tochtzin (known from his glyph of a rabbit) from Calpan (known from the glyph of a house with a flag). The two rulers sit on basket-work thrones.
description
Coatepec, the Toltec city in Tula, is represented by a hill with a serpent or snake on it. Water with leaping fish flows from the hill. On the right is Tenoch (known from his glyph of a flowering cactus), the legendary hero who founded Tenochtitlán. On the left is Tochtzin (known from his glyph of a rabbit) from Calpan (known from the glyph of a house with a flag). The two rulers sit on basket-work thrones.
Description
false
Source creator:
Tovar, Juan de, ca. 1546-ca. 1626
source_creator
Tovar, Juan de, ca. 1546-ca. 1626
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Historia de la benida de los yndios apoblar a Mexico de las partes remotas de Occidente los sucessos y perigrinaçiones del camino su gouierno, ydolos y templos dellos, ritos y cirimonias ... calandarios delos tiempos
source_title
Historia de la benida de los yndios apoblar a Mexico de las partes remotas de Occidente los sucessos y perigrinaçiones del camino su gouierno, ydolos y templos dellos, ritos y cirimonias ... calandarios delos tiempos
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Mexico
source_place_of_publication
Mexico
Source place of publication
false
Source date:
ca. 1585
source_date
ca. 1585
Source date
false
notes:
The Toltec civilization was already in decline in the 12th century and then was routed in the middle of the 12th century by the Aztecs who had left Aztlán and migrated to Tula. At Coatepec (meaning hill of the serpent) in Tula, the Aztecs perfected their technological knowledge and created the lake illustrated here at the suggestion of their god, Huitzilopochtli (the god of the sun and war). Image is placed horizontally on page. The Tovar manuscript is divided into three sections. This second section of the manuscript--an illustrated history of the Aztecs--is essentially the same as the Codex Ramírez and forms the main body of the manuscript.
notes
The Toltec civilization was already in decline in the 12th century and then was routed in the middle of the 12th century by the Aztecs who had left Aztlán and migrated to Tula. At Coatepec (meaning hill of the serpent) in Tula, the Aztecs perfected their technological knowledge and created the lake illustrated here at the suggestion of their god, Huitzilopochtli (the god of the sun and war). Image is placed horizontally on page. The Tovar manuscript is divided into three sections. This second section of the manuscript--an illustrated history of the Aztecs--is essentially the same as the Codex Ramírez and forms the main body of the manuscript.
notes
false
Time Period:
1492-1600
time_period
1492-1600
Time Period
false
References:
Lafaye, J. Manuscript Tovar, p. 240-241
references_
Lafaye, J. Manuscript Tovar, p. 240-241
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired from the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps in 1946.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired from the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps in 1946.
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:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
subject_groups
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Mexico--History--To 1519
subject_heads
Mexico--History--To 1519
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Indians of Mexico
subject_heads
Indians of Mexico
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Aztecs--Kings and rulers--Mythology
subject_heads
Aztecs--Kings and rulers--Mythology
Subject headings
false