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View of the Exhibition of Ancient and Modern Mexico

"View of the Exhibition of Ancient and Modern Mexico...

1597-1803 (1814).

1597-1803 (1814).

1597.

1597.

1626.

1626.

1648.

1648.

1674.

1674.

1703.

1703.

1724.

1724.

1756.

1756.

1772.

1772.

1796.

1796.

1803 (1814).

1803 (1814).

a) Grotesque head issuing from jaws of an animal at the top...

Stela H. (Page 50 & 51) Back view drawn from a plaster cast in the South Kensington Museum.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

a. Stela, 2. Photographs of face. b. Stela, 4. Fragments showing inscription. c. Stela, 4. Pedestals and (excavated) supports ...

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Stella 10. Drawing of the inscription, see page 68.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

(c) Altar Q. (Page 60) East side. (d) Altar Q (Page 60) North side.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Stela B (Pages 42 & 43). Drawn & partly restored from photographs

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

a) Covered stairway in temple. b) Head from wall of covered stairway in temple ... c) Head of large figure which formed part of the external monument of the temple. Photograph or the original in the South Kensington Museum.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Stela B (Pages 42 & 43). Back view and details from photographs

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

a) Part of step & of serpent's head ornament on the west side of the inner doorway of temple. b & c) Parts of cornice from the east side of inner doorway in temple. Photographs of the original sculpture in the South Kensington Museum

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Stela N. (Pages 55_57) South face.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Stela I. (Page 53) Inscription on the back & sides drawn from a plaster cast in the South Kensington Museum.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Stela H. (Page 50 & 51) Back view

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Stela A (Pages 36 to 39) drawn and partly restored from a cast in the South Kensington Museum

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

(a) Stela B (Pages 42 & 43). (b) Stela C (Page 44) West Face.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

(a) Altar, Z. See Plate 112 and Page 68. (b) East side of mound No. 7. Plate 1. and altars., see Plate 114 & Pages 68-69. (c) Side view of the altar in front of Stela D. See Plate 42 & Page 69.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

A view in the Great Plaza (looking south) showing Stela & Altar H. and group of Altars G 1-3.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Stela 2. Drawing of the inscription. See page 66.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Stela J. (Page 53 & 54) Inscriptions on the sides drawn from a plaster cast in the South Kensington Museum.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

(a) Altar Q. (Page 60) West side. (b) Altar Q. (Page 60) South side.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Stela D. (Pages 45-47) Details of back drawn and partly restored from a plaster cast in the South Kensington Museum.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

a) Doorway leading to the inner chamber of temple showing the position of the displaced cornice & fallen roof stones, before the passage to the inner chamber had been cleared. b) View of outer chamber of temple.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Stela B (Pages 42 & 43). Drawn & slightly restored from photographs, the inscription drawn from a plaster cast in the South Kensington Museum.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

View of the river wall showing one of the

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Altar T. (Pages 60_62) Drawn from a plaster cast in the South Kensington Museum.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

(a) Inscription round the base of Stela N. (Page_57) Drawn from a plaster cast in the South Kensington Museum. (b) Altar in front (North) of Stela N. (Page_57)

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Copan. Plan of the principal ruined structures

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Altar U. (Page 63) Inscription on the top back & sides drawn from a plaster cast in the South Kensington Museum

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

(a) Stela H. (Page 50) (b) Stela I and altar (Page 52)

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

West side of doorway leading to the inner chamber of temple.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Stela 7. Drawing of inscription, see Page 67.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

A view in the Great Plaza (looking north) showing Stela & Altar F. and group of Altars G 1-3.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Stela P. (Page 59) Inscriptions on the back and sides drawn from a plaster cast in the South Kensington Museum.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

(a) Stela N. (Pages 55_57) East side. (b) West side

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Altar in front of Stela F. See Plates 50-51 and 114, and pages 48 & 69.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Stela B (Pages 42 & 43) Side Views.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

Maya calendar from the Codex Cortesianus (See Page 41). Mexican calendar from Plate 44 of the Fejervary Codex (See Page 41). Inscription from the back of the stone head figured on pages 44 & 47. Scheme of Mexican Calendar. Scheme of Maya Calendar.

Ancient Mayan city of Copán.

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