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:
04231
accession_no
04231
Accession number
false
Record number:
04231-3
record_number
04231-3
Record number
false
JCB call number:
D792 R652ht
jcb_call_no
D792 R652ht
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Aztec glyphs]
image_title
[Aztec glyphs]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Vienna]
place_image_published
[Vienna]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Georgiou Ventote]
image_publisher
[Georgiou Ventote]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1792-1794]
image_date
[1792-1794]
Image date
false
Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 4, end
image_function
fold-out plate; vol. 4, end
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
21.4 cm.
image_dimensions_height
21.4 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
24.9 cm.
image_dimensions_width
24.9 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
22.9 cm.
page_dimensions_height
22.9 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
36.6 cm.
page_dimensions_width
36.6 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Aztec glyphs, perhaps depicting historical events and tribute.
description
Aztec glyphs, perhaps depicting historical events and tribute.
Description
false
Source creator:
Robertson, William, 1721-1793
source_creator
Robertson, William, 1721-1793
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[History of America. Books 1-8. Greek] Istoria [i.e. Historia] tes Amerikes ... [vol. 4]
source_title
[History of America. Books 1-8. Greek] Istoria [i.e. Historia] tes Amerikes ... [vol. 4]
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Vienne [Vienna]
source_place_of_publication
Vienne [Vienna]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
En te Hellenike Typographia Georgiou Ventote
source_publisher
En te Hellenike Typographia Georgiou Ventote
Source publisher
false
Source date:
[1792-1794]
source_date
[1792-1794]
Source date
false
notes:
Robertson's history is one of the best known and most influential of the eighteenth century. Text of 1777 English edition (cf. 05766-1) discusses previously known Mexican (Aztec) paintings and their publication. Robertson has taken his example from eight paintings in the so-called Codex Mexicanus in the collection of the Imperial Library at Vienna. These paintings may have come originally from King Emmanuel of Portugal before 1533. Robertson identifies the lettered items in the text as targets or darts (AA), temples (BB), a bale of cloth (C), a numerical notation (DDD), and soldiers (EEE).
notes
Robertson's history is one of the best known and most influential of the eighteenth century. Text of 1777 English edition (cf. 05766-1) discusses previously known Mexican (Aztec) paintings and their publication. Robertson has taken his example from eight paintings in the so-called Codex Mexicanus in the collection of the Imperial Library at Vienna. These paintings may have come originally from King Emmanuel of Portugal before 1533. Robertson identifies the lettered items in the text as targets or darts (AA), temples (BB), a bale of cloth (C), a numerical notation (DDD), and soldiers (EEE).
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1871.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1871.
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
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:
Aztecs
subject_heads
Aztecs
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Picture writing, Mexican
subject_heads
Picture writing, Mexican
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Indians of Mexico
subject_heads
Indians of Mexico
Subject headings
false