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Codex Fejérvà ¡ry-Mayer, 15th Century
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Title: Codex Fejérvà ¡ry-Mayer, 15th Century
Caption: Codex Fejérváry-Mayer depicts specific aspects of the tonalpohualli, the sacred 260-day Mesoamerican augural cycle. The painted manuscript divides the world into five parts. T-shaped trees delineate compass points: east at the top, west on the bottom, north on the left, and south on the right. The four directions are distributed around a sacred center, shown here as Xiuhtecuhlti. In Aztec mythology, Xiuhtecuhtli was the god of fire, day and heat. The senior-deity of the Aztec pantheon, he was the lord of volcanoes, the personification of life after death, warmth in cold (fire), light in darkness and food during famine. At the end of a 52-year cycle it was feared that the gods would discontinue their contract with mankind. To appease them, at the end of such a cycle feasts were held in their honor, where Xiuhtecuhtli as the god of fire was the center of their attention. The Codex Fejérváry-Mayer is an Aztec Codex of central Mexico. It is one of the rare pre-Hispanic manuscripts that have survived the Spanish conquest of Mexico. The Codex is a typical tonalamatl, which is an almanac that deals with the tonalpohualli calendar. Its elaboration is typically pre-Columbian: it is made on deerskin parchment folded accordion-style into 23 pages.
Personalities: AZTEC
Category: ILLUSTRATION • History: Ancient
Credit: Album / Science Source / New York Public Library
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Image size: 3326 × 3164 px | 30.1 MB
Print size: 28.2 × 26.8 cm | 1309.4 × 1245.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 15TH CENTURY • ANCIENT CIVILIZATION • ANCIENT CULTURE • ART • ARTFORM: ICON • ARTWORK • AZTEC CIVILIZATION • AZTEC CODEX • AZTEC CODICES • AZTEC EMPIRE • AZTEC PANTHEON • AZTEC RELIGION • AZTEC • CALENDAR CODEX • CALENDAR CODICES • CELEBRITIES • CELEBRITY • CENTRAL AMERICA • CODEX FEJERVARY-MAYER • CODEX FEJéRVà ¡RY-MAYER • CODEX • CODICES • CUEZALTZIN • DEERSKIN PARCHMENT • DEITY • DRAWING • ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH • FAMOUS PEOPLE • FAMOUS • FOOD DURING FAMINE • GOD OF DAY • GOD OF FIRE • GOD OF HEAT • GOD • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HISTORY: ANCIENT • HUEHUETEOTL • ICON • ICONOGRAPHY • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • IMPORTANT • IXCOZAUHQUI • LEGEND • LEGENDARY • LIGHT IN DARKNESS • LORD OF FIRE • LORD OF VOLCANOES • MESOAMERICA • MESOAMERICAN RELIGION • MESOAMERICAN • MYTH • MYTHOLOGICAL • MYTHOLOGY • NAHUAS • NAHUATL • NOTABLE • OLD GOD • PEOPLE FROM AZTLAN • PERSONIFICATION OF LIFE AFTER DEATH • PICTORIAL CODEX • PICTORIAL CODICES • PRE-COLUMBIAN • PRE-HSIPANIC • PRIMITIVE ART • SENIOR DEITY • TURQUOISE LORD • WARMTH IN COLDNESS • WELL-KNOWN • XIUHTECUHTLI
