COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images mediaCollectionId JCB~1~1 JCB Archive of Early American Images Collection true
Record
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:
Add a comment commentary <a href="mailto:Susan_Danforth@brown.edu">Add a comment</a> 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

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