COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
1297
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1297
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Record number:
1297-1
record_number
1297-1
Record number
false
JCB call number:
H550 R184n / 1-SIZE (copy 2)
jcb_call_no
H550 R184n / 1-SIZE (copy 2)
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Temple at Temistitan or Mexico City]
image_title
[Temple at Temistitan or Mexico City]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Venice]
place_image_published
[Venice]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Giunti]
image_publisher
[Giunti]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1556]
image_date
[1556]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; vol. 3, leaf [307]
image_function
plate; vol. 3, leaf [307]
Image function
false
Technique:
woodcut
technique
woodcut
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
27.2 cm.
image_dimensions_height
27.2 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
17.4 cm.
image_dimensions_width
17.4 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
29.7 cm.
page_dimensions_height
29.7 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
20.5 cm.
page_dimensions_width
20.5 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
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Description:
Temple or pyramid with two towers.
description
Temple or pyramid with two towers.
Description
false
Source creator:
Ramusio, Giovanni Battista, 1485-1557
source_creator
Ramusio, Giovanni Battista, 1485-1557
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Navigazioni e viaggi. Volume 3] Terzo volume delle Navigationi et viaggi nel quale si contengono le nauigationi al Mondo Nuouo
source_title
[Navigazioni e viaggi. Volume 3] Terzo volume delle Navigationi et viaggi nel quale si contengono le nauigationi al Mondo Nuouo
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
In Venetia [Venice]
source_place_of_publication
In Venetia [Venice]
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false
Source publisher:
Nella Stamperia de Giunti
source_publisher
Nella Stamperia de Giunti
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M D LVI [1556]
source_date
M D LVI [1556]
Source date
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notes:
The major temple at Mexico City, called Tenochtitlan by Aztecs (also called Temistitan by Europeans in the sixteenth century), was surmounted by two sanctuaries--the one on the left dedicated to Tlaloc (the god of rain), the one on the right to Huitzilopochtli (the god of the sun and war). The wood blocks used to create this edition of Ramusio's Navigationi et viaggi were destroyed in a fire in 1557. Later editions used illustrations which seem similar but were made from new wood blocks.
notes
The major temple at Mexico City, called Tenochtitlan by Aztecs (also called Temistitan by Europeans in the sixteenth century), was surmounted by two sanctuaries--the one on the left dedicated to Tlaloc (the god of rain), the one on the right to Huitzilopochtli (the god of the sun and war). The wood blocks used to create this edition of Ramusio's Navigationi et viaggi were destroyed in a fire in 1557. Later editions used illustrations which seem similar but were made from new wood blocks.
notes
false
Time Period:
1492-1600
time_period
1492-1600
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1906.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1906.
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 headings:
Aztecs--Religion
subject_heads
Aztecs--Religion
Subject headings
false