COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
01686
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01686
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Record number:
01686-3
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01686-3
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JCB call number:
B792 L579d
jcb_call_no
B792 L579d
JCB call number
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Image title:
[Aztec calendar stone]
image_title
[Aztec calendar stone]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Mexico]
place_image_published
[Mexico]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros]
image_publisher
[Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1792]
image_date
[1792]
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false
Image function:
fold-out plate III
image_function
fold-out plate III
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false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
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false
Image dimension height:
25 cm.
image_dimensions_height
25 cm.
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false
Image dimension width:
24.7 cm.
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24.7 cm.
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Page dimension height:
30.6 cm.
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30.6 cm.
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false
Page dimension width:
42 cm.
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42 cm.
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false
Materials medium:
ink
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ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
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paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Aztec calendar stone drawn in line relief. Items in the image are lettered for identification in preceding text.
description
Aztec calendar stone drawn in line relief. Items in the image are lettered for identification in preceding text.
Description
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Source creator:
León y Gama, Antonio de, 1735-1802
source_creator
León y Gama, Antonio de, 1735-1802
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false
Source Title:
Descripcion histórica y cronológica de las dos piedras, que con ocasion del nuevo empedrado que se esta formando en la plaza principal de Mexico
source_title
Descripcion histórica y cronológica de las dos piedras, que con ocasion del nuevo empedrado que se esta formando en la plaza principal de Mexico
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
México
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México
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false
Source publisher:
En la imprenta de Don Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros
source_publisher
En la imprenta de Don Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros
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false
Source date:
M. DCC. XCII. [1792]
source_date
M. DCC. XCII. [1792]
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notes:
During the 1780s and 1790s, major archeological discoveries were unearthed during renovations to the square or Zócalo in Mexico City--the Coatlicue statue and the Aztec calendar stone or the "piedra del sol" which has become the symbol of Mexico. León y Gama's book was the first scholarly description of that discovery and attempted to explain the meaning of the stones. The Aztec calendar "sunstone" is a thirteen-and-a-half foot, basalt relief representation of the Mexica creation myth and not strictly speaking a calendar. The face portrayed at the center of the stone is generally interpreted as the sun god, Tonatiuh, symbolizing the Fifth Sun or fifth era of Aztec time. The glyphs on the stone represent a map of the Aztecs' destiny, indicating not only when the world was supposed to have begun, but also when it would end. The square quadrants spaced around Tonatiuh represent the preceding four eras of the Aztecs--jaguar, wind, rain, and water.
notes
During the 1780s and 1790s, major archeological discoveries were unearthed during renovations to the square or Zócalo in Mexico City--the Coatlicue statue and the Aztec calendar stone or the "piedra del sol" which has become the symbol of Mexico. León y Gama's book was the first scholarly description of that discovery and attempted to explain the meaning of the stones. The Aztec calendar "sunstone" is a thirteen-and-a-half foot, basalt relief representation of the Mexica creation myth and not strictly speaking a calendar. The face portrayed at the center of the stone is generally interpreted as the sun god, Tonatiuh, symbolizing the Fifth Sun or fifth era of Aztec time. The glyphs on the stone represent a map of the Aztecs' destiny, indicating not only when the world was supposed to have begun, but also when it would end. The square quadrants spaced around Tonatiuh represent the preceding four eras of the Aztecs--jaguar, wind, rain, and water.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
http://www.artcamp.… (May 2004); Cañizares-Esguerra, J. How to write the history of the New World, fig. 5.2, p. 272-280
references_
http://www.artcamp.com.mx/AZ/2.html (May 2004); Cañizares-Esguerra, J. How to write the history of the New World, fig. 5.2, p. 272-280
References
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
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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 Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Aztec calendar
subject_heads
Aztec calendar
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Aztec gods--Mexico
subject_heads
Aztec gods--Mexico
Subject headings
false