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Calendar wheel

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Open book Calendar wheel

Title Calendar wheel

Date 1778-1830

Place Mexico

Language Spanish

Subjects Aztec calendar, Aztec chronology, Aztec mythology, Aztecs, Nahuatl language

Description Title from Cline. In mylar sleeve and folder (63 x 52 cm.). Original mounting for ms. contains Waldeck's notes on size of ms. and price paid. Verso bears notation by collector Edward E. Ayer concerning the authenticity of ms. John B. Glass provides history and description of ms. in Handbook of Middle American Indians, vol. 14, p. 309, no. 947. Photograph of ms. published in same volume, fig. 103. Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) Additional Waldeck materials at the Newberry Library include letters, journals, drawings, and other original Indian pictorial documents formerly owned by Waldeck. For additional information, consult the Special Collections Info File.

Summary Pictorial ms. of a calendar wheel, depicting the thirteen fundamental numerals of the divinatory calendar and the four signs for the beginning of a year: acatl, tecpatl, calli, and tochtli, a combination which allowed 52 beginnings of the year. A complete cycle of 52 years made up what is sometimes called the Mexican century. Glass (HMAI, vol. 14, p. 300, 309) believes the calendar wheel to be a falsified pictorial manuscript. Also at the Newberry is Waldeck's own drawing of the calendar wheel.

Extent 1 art original : ink and watercolor on native paper ; 36 x 32 cm

Format Drawings

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection, Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection

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BibID 991203058805867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 5914px × 4522px 76.55 MB

Filename 991203058805867_Ayer_MS_1905_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11E280

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