Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Aztec calendar]
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Accession number:
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09379
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Record number:
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09379-3
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JCB call number:
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H719 G322v
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Image title:
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[Aztec calendar]
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Place image published:
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[Paris]
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Image publisher:
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[Etienne Ganeau]
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Image date:
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1719
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Image function:
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fold-out plate; vol. 6, following p. 68
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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25.4 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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24.5 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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28 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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26.9 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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Aztec calendar showing the century and year surrounded by a snake. Includes symbols of the years, months, and days.
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Source creator:
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Gemelli Careri, Giovanni Francesco, 1651-1725
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Source Title:
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[Giro du mondo. French] Voyage du tour du monde ... Tome sixieme
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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 Etienne Ganeau, Libraire rue S. Jacques, aux Armes de Dombes, vis-à-vis la Fontaine S. Severin
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Source date:
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.1719
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notes:
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The Aztec calendar consisted of a 365-day calendar cycle called xiuhpohualli (year count for the solar year) and a 260-day ritual cycle called tonalpohualli (day count). Together these two cycles together formed a 52 year "century," shown here. Cf. 08792-1, A collection of voyages and travels, London, 1704, which includes Gemelli Careri's voyage.An abridged translation, variously attributed to Eustache Le Noble (1643-1711) and to L.F. Dubois de Saint-Gelais.Gemelli Careri was a world traveler who went around the world starting with the Holy Land and ending in Mexico. His five-year journey which began in 1693 ended by taking the silver fleet back to Spain from Cuba.
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1970.
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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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Indians of Mexico
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Subject headings:
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Aztec calendar
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