Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: The Great Charnel House in ye City of Mexico
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Accession number:
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07324b
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Record number:
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07324b-5
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JCB call number:
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B725 H564g
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Image title:
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The Great Charnel House in ye City of Mexico
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image publisher:
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[Jeremiah Batley]
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Image date:
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[1725]
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Image function:
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fold-out plate; vol. 2, following p. 380
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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16.4 cm. (platemark)
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Image dimension width:
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21.4 cm. (platemark)
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Page dimension height:
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19.2 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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23.5 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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Languages:
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English
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Description:
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Aztec or Mexican cemetery with human skulls placed in tiers in a circular wall and piled in two columns or towers.
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Source creator:
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Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, d. 1625
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Source Title:
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[Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos. English] The general history of the vast continent and islands of America, commonly call'd the West-Indies ... Vol. II
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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Printed for Jer. Batley at the Dove in Pater-noster-row
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Source date:
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M.DCC.XXV. [1725]
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notes:
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Text describes the cemetery as a sort of theater with towers and walls made out of skulls and lime. Aztec temples used tzompantli or skull racks to hold the skulls of sacrificial victims.
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired circa 1916.
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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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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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Aztecs--Religion
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Subject headings:
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Indians of Mexico--Social life and customs
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