Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Temple at Temistitan or Mexico City]
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Accession number:
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1297
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Record number:
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1297-1
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JCB call number:
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H550 R184n / 1-SIZE (copy 2)
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Image title:
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[Temple at Temistitan or Mexico City]
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Place image published:
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[Venice]
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Image publisher:
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[Giunti]
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Image date:
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[1556]
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Image function:
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plate; vol. 3, leaf [307]
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Technique:
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woodcut
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Image dimension height:
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27.2 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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17.4 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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29.7 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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20.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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Temple or pyramid with two towers.
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Source creator:
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Ramusio, Giovanni Battista, 1485-1557
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Source Title:
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[Navigazioni e viaggi. Volume 3] Terzo volume delle Navigationi et viaggi nel quale si contengono le nauigationi al Mondo Nuouo
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Source place of publication:
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In Venetia [Venice]
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Source publisher:
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Nella Stamperia de Giunti
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Source date:
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M D LVI [1556]
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notes:
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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.
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Time Period:
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1492-1600
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1906.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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Commentary:
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geographic area:
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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject headings:
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Aztecs--Religion
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