Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Aztec glyphs]
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Accession number:
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04231
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Record number:
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04231-3
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JCB call number:
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D792 R652ht
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Image title:
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[Aztec glyphs]
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Place image published:
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[Vienna]
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Image publisher:
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[Georgiou Ventote]
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Image date:
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[1792-1794]
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Image function:
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fold-out plate; vol. 4, end
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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21.4 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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24.9 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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22.9 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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36.6 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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Description:
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Aztec glyphs, perhaps depicting historical events and tribute.
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Source creator:
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Robertson, William, 1721-1793
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Source Title:
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[History of America. Books 1-8. Greek] Istoria [i.e. Historia] tes Amerikes ... [vol. 4]
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Source place of publication:
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Vienne [Vienna]
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Source publisher:
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En te Hellenike Typographia Georgiou Ventote
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Source date:
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[1792-1794]
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notes:
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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).
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1871.
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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
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Subject headings:
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Picture writing, Mexican
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Subject headings:
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Indians of Mexico
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