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Identifier: mexicancentralam28bowd (find matches)
Title: Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Bowditch, Charles P(ickering), 1842- (from old catalog) ed Seler, Eduard, 1849-1922 Förstemann, Ernst Wilhelm, 1822-1906 Schellhas, Paul, 1859- (from old catalog) Sapper, Karl Theodor, 1866- (from old catalog) Dieseldorff, Erwin P. (from old catalog) Wesselhoeft, Selma, (from old catalog) tr Parker, Alberta M., (from old catalog) tr Jay I. Kislak Reference Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
Subjects: Maya calendar Calendar
Publisher: Washington, Gov't print. off.
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which, tog-ether with xiuh-xayacatl, or coa-xayacacatl, the snake maskof turquoise mosaic, forms the most conspicuous piece of adornmentof the god known as Quetzalcouatl in the legend cycle of Tollan,a wasa headdress similar to that worn by the god in the manuscript of theBiblioteca Nazionale. Being convinced of this, I could accept MrsNuttalls conjecture that the upper part of the hieroglyph apanecatlin the Boturini codex was intended to represent an apanecayotl.While I fully recognized that the interpretation offered by MrsNuttall was not unwarranted, I still believed that the other con-struction, given by von Hochstetter, which is based on an old oilpainting in the Bilimec collection, was not to be set aside. For, sixmonths before, during an inspection of the Aubin-Goupil collection,I had discovered the original of the Bilimec warrior in the figure ofKing Axayacatl, who advances to battle against the arrogant Moquiuix,king of Tlatelolco, with the banner bound upon his back. I could
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Fig. 6. Copy of figure in the Cozcatzin codex. merely allude to this in my communication of that date. For duringthe hour which was allowed me to examine the Aubin-Goupil collectionI had no time for even the hastiest sketch. Doctor Uhle, who under-took to defend Mrs Nuttalls views in a reply, was quite reluctant toaccept this statement, brought forward without proof. Fortunately, Iam now in a position to offer a photographic reproduction of the pagesin question (Cozcatzin codex, pages 14 and 15), which is taken fromE. Bobans published synopsis of the Aubin-Goupil collection. The very first glance shows us that the selfsame warrior in the self-same ornaments is represented here as in the Bilimec picture (comparefigure 6 and d, figure 9), only the latter is not a mere copy of one of thefigures in the Cozcatzin codex, but of kindred originals, and at anyrate the same tradition guided the artist in both cases. a Both these pieces are ascribed to Quetzalcouatl of Tollan, not only in the pa

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