Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Grand Temple de Mexico.
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Accession number:
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09519
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Record number:
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09519-12
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JCB call number:
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E746 P944h / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
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Grand Temple de Mexico.
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Place image published:
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[Paris]
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Image publisher:
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[Didot]
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Image date:
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[1754]
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Image function:
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plate; vol. 12, following p. 542
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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20.6 cm. (platemark)
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Image dimension width:
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17.4 cm. (platemark)
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Page dimension height:
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25.4 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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19.5 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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French
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Description:
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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.
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Source creator:
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Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763
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Source Title:
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[Histoire générale des voyages] Histoire générale des voyages, ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre ... Tome douzieme
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Source place of publication:
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A Paris
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Source publisher:
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Chez Didot, Libraire, Quai des Augustins, à la Bible d'or
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Source date:
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M.DCC.LIV. [1754]
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notes:
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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.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1870.
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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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Subject Area:
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject headings:
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Aztec architecture
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Subject headings:
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Aztecs--Religion
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Subject headings:
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Mexico City (Mexico)--Description and travel
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