Image: The ancient cities of the New World - being travels and explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882 (1887) (14780680294)

Description: Identifier: ancientcitiesofn00char (find matches) Title: The ancient cities of the New World : being travels and explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882 Year: 1887 (1880s) Authors: Charnay, Désiré, 1828-1915 Subjects: Indians of Mexico Indians of Central America Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: SliCOND Tii-MlLE OF LORILLARU. high head-dress of feathers, cape, collar, medallion, and maxtlilike the idol ; while their boots are fastened on the instep withleather strings, as similar figures at Palenque. They are ofdifferent size, and represent probably a man and a woman ))cr- LoRiLLARi) Town. 449 forming a religious ceremony ; the taller holds in each hand aLatin cross, while the oth(u- carries but one in the right hand.Rosettes form the branches of the crosses, a symbolic bird crownsthe upper portion, whilst twenty-three katunes are scattered aboutthe bas-relief. We think this a symbolic representation of Tlaloc, Text Appearing After Image: SCULPTURED LINTEL AT LORILLARD, whose chief attribute was a cross, which here consists of palmsor more probably maize-leaves intermingled with human figures,recalling to the memory of his devotees the god who presidedover harvests. The two high reliefs which follow are also lintels from a smallruined edifice at the foot of the pyramid, of great interest and 2 G 450 The Ancient Cities of the New World. marvellous richness of detail, than which nothing at Palenque isso minute. The first represents two human figures surroundedby a snake or volute, the centre of which is occupied by a car-touche containing four hieroglyphics. The figure to the leftholding a sceptre in his right hand, with an aigret in his hugehead-dress, similar to that in the palace at Palenque, may be aking, or more probably a priest of Ouetzalcoatl. Both figureswear the usual dress, but the priests medallion is a gem of art.The inscription, half of which is in a good state of preserva-tion, is a series of characters mi Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: The ancient cities of the New World - being travels and explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882 (1887) (14780680294)
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