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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
,
Pictorial works
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Specimens
Archival Collection Title
Edward E. Ayer Collection
,
Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection
Rights Status
No Copyright - United States
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Contributing Institution
Newberry Library
Link to Catalog
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BibID
991203058805867
Size
5914px × 4522px 76.55 MB
IIIF Resource Type
Canvas
Filename
991203058805867_Ayer_MS_1905_00001.tif
Unique Identifier
NL11E280
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