Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: 1a figura Uitzilopuchtli, idolo principal de los Mexicanos.
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Accession number:
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30289
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Record number:
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30289-102
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JCB call number:
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Codex Ind 2
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Image title:
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1a figura Uitzilopuchtli, idolo principal de los Mexicanos.
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Place image published:
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[Mexico]
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Image date:
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[ca. 1585]
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Image function:
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plate; recto leaf 120
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Technique:
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painting
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Image dimension height:
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13.2 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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18.1 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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21 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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15.2 cm.
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Materials medium:
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watercolor
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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Spanish, Nahuatl
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Description:
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Huitzilopochtli, holding a turquoise serpent or rattlesnake in one hand and a shield with the five directions of space and three arrows, wears a hummingbird mask or helmet with feathered quetzal crown which is identified with the two Moctezumas (or Montezumas).
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Source creator:
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Tovar, Juan de, ca. 1546-ca. 1626
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Source Title:
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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
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Source place of publication:
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Mexico
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Source date:
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ca. 1585
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notes:
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Huitzilopochtli, whose name means "Blue hummingbird on the left," was the Aztec god of the sun and war. The turquoise or fire serpent (xiuhcoatl) was his mystical weapon. 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.
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Time Period:
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1492-1600
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References:
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Lafaye, J. Manuscript Tovar, p. 274
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References exhibitions:
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Danforth, S. Encountering the New World, fig. 18
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired from the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps in 1946.
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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 Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Mexico--History--To 1519
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Subject headings:
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Indians of Mexico
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Subject headings:
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Aztec gods
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