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
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Record number:
30289-92
record_number
30289-92
Record number
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JCB call number:
Codex Ind 2
jcb_call_no
Codex Ind 2
JCB call number
false
Image title:
9a. Guerra de Azcaputzalco
image_title
9a. Guerra de Azcaputzalco
Image title
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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 101
image_function
plate; leaf 101
Image function
false
Technique:
painting
technique
painting
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
13.6 cm.
image_dimensions_height
13.6 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
18.3 cm.
image_dimensions_width
18.3 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:
Spanish, Nahuatl
languages
Spanish, Nahuatl
Languages
false
Description:
Battle of Azcapotzalco. Two groups of soldiers fight with war clubs and shields at foreground of image. At the left are the combatants, at far left is a jaguar warrior, one of the elite soldiers of the Aztec, with the glyph of a flowering cactus above him; next to him is a figure representing Axayacatl (known from the glyph for water and hill above him). At the right is a figure in a conical hat and another jaguar warrior. Behind the soldiers is a dwelling with three women who make a sign of mercy with their hands. Another woman stands ready to defend them. At right an infant is being sacrificed by priest at a temple while two victims lie dead on the ground.
description
Battle of Azcapotzalco. Two groups of soldiers fight with war clubs and shields at foreground of image. At the left are the combatants, at far left is a jaguar warrior, one of the elite soldiers of the Aztec, with the glyph of a flowering cactus above him; next to him is a figure representing Axayacatl (known from the glyph for water and hill above him). At the right is a figure in a conical hat and another jaguar warrior. Behind the soldiers is a dwelling with three women who make a sign of mercy with their hands. Another woman stands ready to defend them. At right an infant is being sacrificed by priest at a temple while two victims lie dead on the ground.
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
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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:
Azcapotzalco, capital city of Tecpanec on Lake Texcoco, was the site of a battle in 1430 between Iztcoatl, the fourth Aztec emperor (who was allied with Netzahualcoyotl, a Texcocan lord) and Maxtla (son of a Tepanec lord to whom the Aztec had been subservient) who had had the previous emperor assasinated. Upon the defeat of Maztla, the three cities of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Talcopan formed the new Aztec empire of the Triple Alliance. 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
Azcapotzalco, capital city of Tecpanec on Lake Texcoco, was the site of a battle in 1430 between Iztcoatl, the fourth Aztec emperor (who was allied with Netzahualcoyotl, a Texcocan lord) and Maxtla (son of a Tepanec lord to whom the Aztec had been subservient) who had had the previous emperor assasinated. Upon the defeat of Maztla, the three cities of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Talcopan formed the new Aztec empire of the Triple Alliance. 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:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
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