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Collection:
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
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30289
ACCESSION_NO
30289
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Record number:
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30289-113
RECORD_NUMBER
30289-113
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JCB call number:
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Codex Ind 2
JCB_CALL_NO
Codex Ind 2
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Image title:
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11. y ultima del 2o. tratado. Calendario
IMAGE_TITLE
11. y ultima del 2o. tratado. Calendario
Image title
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Place image published:
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[Mexico]
PLACE_IMAGE_PUBLISHE D
[Mexico]
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Image date:
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[ca. 1585]
IMAGE_DATE
[ca. 1585]
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Image function:
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plate; recto leaf 142
Image_Function
plate; recto leaf 142
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Technique:
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painting
Technique
painting
Technique
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Image dimension height:
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19.3 cm.
IMAGE_DIMENSIONS_hei ght
19.3 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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13.6 cm.
IMAGE_DIMENSIONS_wid th
13.6 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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21 cm.
PAGE_DIMENSIONS_heig ht
21 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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15.2 cm.
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15.2 cm.
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Materials medium:
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watercolor
MATERIALS_medium
watercolor
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Materials support:
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paper
MATERIALS_support
paper
Materials support
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Languages:
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Spanish
Languages
Spanish
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Description:
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Aztec tonalpohualli calendar with a sun at the center of the wheel. Divided into four sections, the reed (acatl), the rabbit (tochtli), the house (calli), and the flint (tecpatl).
Description
Aztec tonalpohualli calendar with a sun at the center of the wheel. Divided into four sections, the reed (acatl), the rabbit (tochtli), the house (calli), and the flint (tecpatl).
Description
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Source creator:
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Tovar, Juan de, ca. 1546-ca. 1626
SOURCE_creator
Tovar, Juan de, ca. 1546-ca. 1626
Source creator
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Source Title:
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Historia de la benida de los yndios apoblar a Mexico de las partes remotas de Occidente los sucessos y perigrinaçiones del camino su gouierno, ydolos y templos dellos, ritos y cirimonias ... calandarios delos tiempos
SOURCE_title
Historia de la benida de los yndios apoblar a Mexico de las partes remotas de Occidente los sucessos y perigrinaçiones del camino su gouierno, ydolos y templos dellos, ritos y cirimonias ... calandarios delos tiempos
Source Title
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Source place of publication:
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Mexico
SOURCE_place_of_publ ication
Mexico
Source place of publication
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Source date:
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ca. 1585
SOURCE_date
ca. 1585
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notes:
The Aztecs used two calendars to compute the days of the year. The first (or solar) calendar (xiuhpohualli) consisted of 365 days, divided into eighteen "months" of twenty units each, plus an additional period of five unlucky days at the end of the year. The second calendar was called the tonalpohualli or "day count." Its cycle was made up of 260 days, combinations of 13 numbers and twenty symbols. The acatl section of the calendar wheel is green, the color of the paradise of Tamoanchan (the Aztec equivalent of the Garden of Eden), and represents the east. The tochtli section is blue and represents the south. The calli section is in white (here the artist has used yellow) and represents the west. The tecpatl section is the color of sacrifice or red and represents the north.
The Tovar manuscript is divided into three sections. This third section of the manuscript contains the Tovar calendar which records a continuous Mexican calendar with with months, weeks, days, dominical letters, and church festivals of a Christian 365-day year.
NOTES
The Aztecs used two calendars to compute the days of the year. The first (or solar) calendar (xiuhpohualli) consisted of 365 days, divided into eighteen "months" of twenty units each, plus an additional period of five unlucky days at the end of the year. The second calendar was called the tonalpohualli or "day count." Its cycle was made up of 260 days, combinations of 13 numbers and twenty symbols. The acatl section of the calendar wheel is green, the color of the paradise of Tamoanchan (the Aztec equivalent of the Garden of Eden), and represents the east. The tochtli section is blue and represents the south. The calli section is in white (here the artist has used yellow) and represents the west. The tecpatl section is the color of sacrifice or red and represents the north.
The Tovar manuscript is divided into three sections. This third section of the manuscript contains the Tovar calendar which records a continuous Mexican calendar with with months, weeks, days, dominical letters, and church festivals of a Christian 365-day year.
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Time Period:
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1492-1600
TIME_PERIOD
1492-1600
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
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geographic area:
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Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
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Subject headings:
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Aztec calendar; Indians of Mexico; Mexico--History--To 1519
subject_heads
Aztec calendar; Indians of Mexico; Mexico--History--To 1519
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References:
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Lafaye, J. Manuscript Tovar, p. 297; Durán, D. The Aztecs, p. 338
REFERENCES_
Lafaye, J. Manuscript Tovar, p. 297; Durán, D. The Aztecs, p. 338
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired from the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps in 1946.
PROVENANCE_or_DONOR
Acquired from the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps in 1946.
Provenance/Donor
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Owner and copyright:
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©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
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