COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
30289
accession_no
30289
Accession number
false
Record number:
30289-114
record_number
30289-114
Record number
false
JCB call number:
Codex Ind 2
jcb_call_no
Codex Ind 2
JCB call number
false
Image title:
los meses.
image_title
los meses.
Image title
false
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; recto leaf 144
image_function
plate; recto leaf 144
Image function
false
Technique:
painting
technique
painting
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
19.7 cm.
image_dimensions_height
19.7 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
9.9 cm.
image_dimensions_width
9.9 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
21 cm.
page_dimensions_height
21 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
15.2 cm.
page_dimensions_width
15.2 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
watercolor
materials_medium
watercolor
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
Spanish
languages
Spanish
Languages
false
Description:
Aztec month, showing the name of each day of the month. At the top is an image of a priest with a quetzal plume at his feet and a crown and calendar wheel [?] in the background.
description
Aztec month, showing the name of each day of the month. At the top is an image of a priest with a quetzal plume at his feet and a crown and calendar wheel [?] in the background.
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
false
notes:
The Aztecs used two calendars to compute the days of the year. The first (or solar) calendar (xiuhpohualli) consisted of 365 days, divided into eighteen months of twenty units each, plus an additional period of five empty days at the end of the year. The second calendar (tonalpohualli or "day count") was made up of 260 days, combinations of 13 numbers and twenty symbols. Every 52 years both calendars would align. The image probably indicates that the month shown is that of the seventh month, Tecuilhuitontli (small feast of the lords). This image shows the names of each day of the month. The Tovar manuscript is divided into three sections. This third section of the manuscript contains the Tovar calendar which records a continuous Mexican calendar with months, weeks, days, dominical letters, and church festivals of a Christian 365-day year.
notes
The Aztecs used two calendars to compute the days of the year. The first (or solar) calendar (xiuhpohualli) consisted of 365 days, divided into eighteen months of twenty units each, plus an additional period of five empty days at the end of the year. The second calendar (tonalpohualli or "day count") was made up of 260 days, combinations of 13 numbers and twenty symbols. Every 52 years both calendars would align. The image probably indicates that the month shown is that of the seventh month, Tecuilhuitontli (small feast of the lords). This image shows the names of each day of the month. The Tovar manuscript is divided into three sections. This third section of the manuscript contains the Tovar calendar which records a continuous Mexican calendar with months, weeks, days, dominical letters, and church festivals of a Christian 365-day year.
notes
false
Time Period:
1492-1600
time_period
1492-1600
Time Period
false
References:
Lafaye, J. Manuscript Tovar, p. 298; Durán, D. The Aztecs, p. 338
references_
Lafaye, J. Manuscript Tovar, p. 298; Durán, D. The Aztecs, p. 338
References
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
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Commentary
false
geographic area:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic 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:
Aztec calendar
subject_heads
Aztec calendar
Subject headings
false