Book/Printed Material Descripción histórica y cronológica de las dos piedras que con ocasión del nuevo empedrado que se está formando en la plaza principal de México, se hallaron en ella el año de 1790. Explícase el sistema de los calendarios de los Indios ... Noticia ... á que se añaden otras curiosas ... sobre la mitología de los Mexicanos, sobre su astronimía, y sobre los ritos y ceremonias ... en tiempo de su gentilidad ...
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- Descripción histórica y cronológica de las dos piedras que con ocasión del nuevo empedrado que se está formando en la plaza principal de México, se hallaron en ella el año de 1790. Explícase el sistema de los calendarios de los Indios ... Noticia ... á que se añaden otras curiosas ... sobre la mitología de los Mexicanos, sobre su astronimía, y sobre los ritos y ceremonias ... en tiempo de su gentilidad ...
- Summary
- The astronomer Antonio León y Gama is sometimes considered the first Mexican archaeologist. His description of the discovery of the "two stones" -- the Coatlicue and Sun Stone (a massive sacrificial stone and calendar) -- emphasized the sophistication and high scientific and artistic achievements of the Aztecs in a way that both responded to and further quickened the stirring of Mexican nationalism in the late 18th century. This work by León y Gama, published in Mexico City some two years after the discovery of the stones, includes three folded manuscript watercolor drawings of the antiquities. World Digital Library.
- Contributor Names
- León y Gama, Antonio de, 1735-1802.
- Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
- Created / Published
- México, Impr. de Don F. de Zúñiga y Ontiveros, 1792.
- Subject Headings
- - Coatlicue (Statue)
- - Aztec calendar--Early works to 1800
- - Aztecs--Antiquities
- - Indians of Mexico--Antiquities
- - Mexico--Antiquities
- Notes
- - Medina, J.T. México, 8204
- - Palau y Dulcet, 135587
- - Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
- - Kislak accession no. 1994.014.00.0001
- - LAC ael 2019-06-13 update (1 card)
- - LAC rwp 2019-06-19 review
- Medium
- 3 p.l., 116, [2] p. fold. pl. 19 cm.
- Call Number/Physical Location
- F1219 .L56
- F1219 .L56 Copy 2 Provenance: Gift of the Jay I. Kislak Foundation. Includes 3 folded manuscript watercolor drawings of antiquities after illustrations in Clavigero.
- Repository
- Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu
- Digital Id
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/kislak.07344.1
- Library of Congress Control Number
- 02007344
- Online Format
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- LCCN Permalink
- https://lccn.loc.gov/02007344
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