COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
09519
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09519
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Record number:
09519-12
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09519-12
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JCB call number:
E746 P944h / 1-SIZE
jcb_call_no
E746 P944h / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
Grand Temple de Mexico.
image_title
Grand Temple de Mexico.
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Didot]
image_publisher
[Didot]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1754]
image_date
[1754]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; vol. 12, following p. 542
image_function
plate; vol. 12, following p. 542
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
20.6 cm. (platemark)
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20.6 cm. (platemark)
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false
Image dimension width:
17.4 cm. (platemark)
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17.4 cm. (platemark)
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Page dimension height:
25.4 cm.
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25.4 cm.
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false
Page dimension width:
19.5 cm.
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19.5 cm.
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false
Materials medium:
ink
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ink
Materials medium
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
French
languages
French
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Description:
Bird's-eye view of the Templo Mayor in Tenochtitlán or present-day Mexico City. Includes part of the city with Baroque-style gardens, the plaza or ytualli around the temple, and the wall decorated with serpents or coatennamitl around the temple.
description
Bird's-eye view of the Templo Mayor in Tenochtitlán or present-day Mexico City. Includes part of the city with Baroque-style gardens, the plaza or ytualli around the temple, and the wall decorated with serpents or coatennamitl around the temple.
Description
false
Source creator:
Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763
source_creator
Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Histoire générale des voyages] Histoire générale des voyages, ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre ... Tome douzieme
source_title
[Histoire générale des voyages] Histoire générale des voyages, ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre ... Tome douzieme
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
A Paris
source_place_of_publication
A Paris
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Chez Didot, Libraire, Quai des Augustins, à la Bible d'or
source_publisher
Chez Didot, Libraire, Quai des Augustins, à la Bible d'or
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M.DCC.LIV. [1754]
source_date
M.DCC.LIV. [1754]
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notes:
The Templo Mayor was dedicated to Tlaloc, god of rain, and to Huitzilopochtli, god of war. Originally, there were two separate but adjacent temples representing Tonacatepetl or the Hill of Sustenance whose patron was Tlaloc and the Hill of Coatepec whose patron was Huitzilopochtli. Each god had a separate temple at the top of the structure. Montezuma I (Moctezuma I) was the last Aztec emperor to expand the temple in 1454. Text includes detailed description of temple and its precincts. Cf. 07324b-3, 05741-8, 04878-39, 34575-5, 07639-3, and 1297-1.
notes
The Templo Mayor was dedicated to Tlaloc, god of rain, and to Huitzilopochtli, god of war. Originally, there were two separate but adjacent temples representing Tonacatepetl or the Hill of Sustenance whose patron was Tlaloc and the Hill of Coatepec whose patron was Huitzilopochtli. Each god had a separate temple at the top of the structure. Montezuma I (Moctezuma I) was the last Aztec emperor to expand the temple in 1454. Text includes detailed description of temple and its precincts. Cf. 07324b-3, 05741-8, 04878-39, 34575-5, 07639-3, and 1297-1.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
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Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1870.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1870.
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
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false
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
subject_groups
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Aztec architecture
subject_heads
Aztec architecture
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Aztecs--Religion
subject_heads
Aztecs--Religion
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Mexico City (Mexico)--Description and travel
subject_heads
Mexico City (Mexico)--Description and travel
Subject headings
false