Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: 2a Templo del ydolo Uitzilopuchtli
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Accession number:
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30289
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Record number:
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30289-103
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JCB call number:
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Codex Ind 2
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Image title:
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2a Templo del ydolo Uitzilopuchtli
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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 122
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Technique:
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painting
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Image dimension height:
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13.8 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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19.4 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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At left is a temple or pyramid surmounted by the images of two gods flanked by native Americans or Mexicans. On the temple is an image of Huitzilopochtli on the right and an image of Tlaloc holding a turqoise serpent on the left. The temple is surrounded by a wall of serpents swallowing one another's heads. At right is a tzompantli or Aztec skull rack.
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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. Tlaloc, the god of rain and agriculture, was of pre-Aztec, or Toltec, origin. A coatepantli or wall made of sculpted serpents often surrounds Aztec temples. The tzompantli would hold the skulls of sacrificial victims. The great temple at Tenochtitlan was surmounted by two sanctuaries--the one on the left dedicated to Tlaloc, the one on the right to Huitzilopochtli. 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. 277; Gruzinski, S. Painting the Conquest, p. 64
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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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