COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
30289
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30289
Accession number
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Record number:
30289-95
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30289-95
Record number
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JCB call number:
Codex Ind 2
jcb_call_no
Codex Ind 2
JCB call number
false
Image title:
4a. El Tunal con el Aguila que hallaron en la laguna
image_title
4a. El Tunal con el Aguila que hallaron en la laguna
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; verso leaf 91
image_function
plate; verso leaf 91
Image function
false
Technique:
painting
technique
painting
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
18.1 cm.
image_dimensions_height
18.1 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
13.3
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13.3
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
21 cm.
page_dimensions_height
21 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
15.2 cm.
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15.2 cm.
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Materials medium:
watercolor
materials_medium
watercolor
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
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Languages:
Spanish
languages
Spanish
Languages
false
Description:
Founding of Mexico City or Tenochtitlán. An eagle devours a bird while perched on a flowering cactus. The cactus grows from a rock in the middle of a lake. Footsteps of the Mexicans are shown approaching the base of the cactus. On the right is Tenoch (known from his glyph of a flowering cactus) who led the Aztecs to Tenochtitlán. On the left is Tochtzin, or Mexitzin (known from his glyph of a rabbit), from Calpan (known from the glyph of a house with a flag), Tenoch's co-ruler. The two rulers sit on basket-work thrones. At upper right is the symbol of Copil, son of Malinalxochitl, or five dots with crossed arrows, on a shield.
description
Founding of Mexico City or Tenochtitlán. An eagle devours a bird while perched on a flowering cactus. The cactus grows from a rock in the middle of a lake. Footsteps of the Mexicans are shown approaching the base of the cactus. On the right is Tenoch (known from his glyph of a flowering cactus) who led the Aztecs to Tenochtitlán. On the left is Tochtzin, or Mexitzin (known from his glyph of a rabbit), from Calpan (known from the glyph of a house with a flag), Tenoch's co-ruler. The two rulers sit on basket-work thrones. At upper right is the symbol of Copil, son of Malinalxochitl, or five dots with crossed arrows, on a shield.
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
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notes:
The Aztecs, guided by the prophecies of Huitzilopochtli (the god of the sun and war), ended their migration by building Tenochtitlán, on an island in a lake where an eagle held a snake perched on a flowering nopal cactus. The cactus grew, according to their mythology, from the heart of Copil, son of Huitzilopochtli's sister, which had been flung onto the island. His symbol of five dots represents the Aztec belief that the world was a flat surface divided into five directions (north, south, east, west and the center where their capital was located). 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 Aztecs, guided by the prophecies of Huitzilopochtli (the god of the sun and war), ended their migration by building Tenochtitlán, on an island in a lake where an eagle held a snake perched on a flowering nopal cactus. The cactus grew, according to their mythology, from the heart of Copil, son of Huitzilopochtli's sister, which had been flung onto the island. His symbol of five dots represents the Aztec belief that the world was a flat surface divided into five directions (north, south, east, west and the center where their capital was located). 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
References exhibitions:
Danforth, S. Encountering the New World, Fig. 20
references_exhibitions
Danforth, S. Encountering the New World, Fig. 20
References exhibitions
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
<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:
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
Subject headings:
Aztecs--Kings and rulers--Mythology
subject_heads
Aztecs--Kings and rulers--Mythology
Subject headings
false