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Tovar Codex, Quecholli,14th Month Aztec Calendar

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Title: Tovar Codex, Quecholli,14th Month Aztec Calendar

Caption: A man, holding a double bag and a spear, wearing a headdress with white feathers and a bone through his nose. The text describes this month as meaning either a bird of rich plumage or a war lance and explains that it was a time for going to war. Identified as November, the month is called Quecholli (Precious Feather, or Plume, and in some sources War Lance). It was dedicated to Mixcoatl-Camaxtli, the Chichimec hunting god. The headdress represents hunting; the bone nose ornament is an attribute of Mixcoatl. The Tovar Codex (16th century) contains detailed information about the rites and ceremonies of the Aztecs. The codex is illustrated with 51 full-page paintings in watercolor. Illustration taken from a 19th century transcript of Juan de Tovar's Historia de la benida de los yndios apoblar a Mexico (the Co´dice Tovar).

Personalities: AZTEC

Credit: Album / Science Source / LOC/Jay I. Kislak Collection

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Image size: 3258 × 4275 px | 39.8 MB

Print size: 27.6 × 36.2 cm | 1282.7 × 1683.1 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 14TH MONTH • 16 16TH XVI XVITH SIXTEENTH CENTURY • 16 CENTURY • 16TH CENTURY • 16TH • AGE OF DISCOVERY • AZTEC • CELEBRITIES • CELEBRITY • CHICHIMEC • CODICES • DAY COUNT • FAMOUS PEOPLE • FAMOUS • FOURTEENTH MONTH • GLYPHIC • GLYPHS • HISTORY • HUNTING GOD • JUAN DE TOVAR • MESOAMERICA • MESOAMERICAN • MONTH • PAINTING • PRE-COLUMBIAN • PRECIOUS FEATHER • PRECIOUS PLUME • QUECHOLLI • SACRED CALENDAR • SOLAR CALENDAR • TONALPOHUALLI • TOVAR CODEX • WAR LANCE • WATERCOLOR • XVI CENTURY