COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
04807
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04807
Accession number
false
Record number:
04807-2
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04807-2
Record number
false
JCB call number:
E696 T418r / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
E696 T418r / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Aztec methods of raising children]
image_title
[Aztec methods of raising children]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Chez André Cramoisy, ruë de la vieille Bouclerie, au Sacrifice d'Abraham]
image_publisher
[Chez André Cramoisy, ruë de la vieille Bouclerie, au Sacrifice d'Abraham]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1663?]
image_date
[1663?]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate LI; p. 33
image_function
plate LI; p. 33
Image function
false
Technique:
woodcut
technique
woodcut
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
24.6 cm.
image_dimensions_height
24.6 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
14.3 cm
image_dimensions_width
14.3 cm
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
35.6 cm.
page_dimensions_height
35.6 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
22 cm.
page_dimensions_width
22 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 pictographs showing how Aztec fathers and mothers raise their sons and daughters. The top two scenes show a father teaching his son to fish [left] and a mother teaching a daughter to spin cotton [right]. The following scenes show parents threatening, punishing (with cactus spikes) and beating their children.
description
Aztec pictographs showing how Aztec fathers and mothers raise their sons and daughters. The top two scenes show a father teaching his son to fish [left] and a mother teaching a daughter to spin cotton [right]. The following scenes show parents threatening, punishing (with cactus spikes) and beating their children.
Description
false
Source creator:
Thévenot, Melchisédech, 1620 ?-1692
source_creator
Thévenot, Melchisédech, 1620 ?-1692
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Relations de divers voyages curieux ... Premiere partie
source_title
Relations de divers voyages curieux ... Premiere partie
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
A Paris
source_place_of_publication
A Paris
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
De l'Imprimerie de Iacques Langlois, Imprimeur ordinaire du Roy ...
source_publisher
De l'Imprimerie de Iacques Langlois, Imprimeur ordinaire du Roy ...
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M. DC. LXIII. [1663]
source_date
M. DC. LXIII. [1663]
Source date
false
notes:
This image was issued in Thevenot's Relations de divers voyages curieux, Paris, 1672-74 (a compilation of many separately printed items) as part of Thomas Gage's Histoire de l'empire Mexicain representée par figures. Gage translated his work from a version used in Samuel Purchas's Purchas his pilgrimes, London, 1625. Purchas's source was the ms. 'Codex Mendoza.' Image publication information from half title of Gage's work within Thévenot's Relations. Translation of pictographs follows in French. Gage, a Dominican friar, traveled to Mexico and Guatemala in 1625 to 1637.
notes
This image was issued in Thevenot's Relations de divers voyages curieux, Paris, 1672-74 (a compilation of many separately printed items) as part of Thomas Gage's Histoire de l'empire Mexicain representée par figures. Gage translated his work from a version used in Samuel Purchas's Purchas his pilgrimes, London, 1625. Purchas's source was the ms. 'Codex Mendoza.' Image publication information from half title of Gage's work within Thévenot's Relations. Translation of pictographs follows in French. Gage, a Dominican friar, traveled to Mexico and Guatemala in 1625 to 1637.
notes
false
Time Period:
1651-1700
time_period
1651-1700
Time Period
false
References:
Landis, D.C., ed. European Americana, 673/31
references_
Landis, D.C., ed. European Americana, 673/31
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1849.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1849.
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
Commentary:
commentary
<a href="mailto:Susan_Danforth@brown.edu">Add a comment</a>
Commentary
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:
Indians of Mexico
subject_heads
Indians of Mexico
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Child rearing
subject_heads
Child rearing
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Townsend, Port (Wash.)
subject_heads
Townsend, Port (Wash.)
Subject headings
false