Editorial"Moctezuma dies without wanting to be reduced to receive baptism; Cort?s sends the body to the city; the Mexicans celebrate his funeral; and the qualities that concurred in his person are described". "Historia de la Conquista de M?xico, poblaci?n, y pr...
Editorial"Moctezuma dies without wanting to be reduced to receive baptism; Cort?s sends the body to the city; the Mexicans celebrate his funeral; and the qualities that concurred in his person are described". "Historia de la Conquista de M?xico, poblaci?n, y pr...
EditorialWedding among the Mexicans, During a Mexican wedding, a woman ties the robes of the bride and groom together. Print numbered top right: 233, colored races of Central America, (civil) marriage ceremonies, Jan Luyken (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 168...
EditorialMonkey Vessel, 10th?13th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Mixtec, Onyx marble, pyrite, shell, H. 7 1/2 x W. 5 x D. 5 1/2 in. (19.1 x 12.7 x 14 cm), Stone-Containers, The ancient Mexicans used many kinds of stone for the manufacture of ritual and sumptuary...
EditorialArmor and weapons of the Mexicans (Aztecs). Shields or Chimalli, armor shirts or Ichcahuipilli, helmets decorated with animal heads and feathers. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of a...