Keyword: Aztecs – Image Gallery

Aztecs offer Incense and Dirty Paper of Blood [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 74r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence

Sacrificial Knife, Zoomophic Handle [1300-1521]
Museo delle Civilità/MPE Pigorini inv. 4215

Ritual Human Sacrifice [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 70r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence

Ritual Feast with Human Linbs offered to a God [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 73r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence

Aztec sacrificing an Heart (1577)
from: Historia general de las cosas de nueva España, II
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, cod. m.p. 220, Firenze

Human Sacrifice on Pyramids with Aztec Gods (1579)
from: Diego de Duran, Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la tierra firme, 1579, c. 131r

Chased from Chapultepec, the Aztecs, led by their chief Tenoch, offer gifts to the king of Colhuacan and settle in the city; above, a group witnessing a sacrifice ceremony (ca 1596)
from: Tira de Tepechpan [Ms Mexicain 13–14, planche 4]
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

Vizlipuztli Idolum Mexicanorum (Huitzilopochtli Mexican Deity) (1671)
from: Arnoldus Montanus, De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld, Amsterdam, Jacob Meurs, 1671

Aztec Rite in front an Idol (1577)
from: Historia general de las cosas de nueva España, II
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, cod. m.p. 220, Firenze

ASlave Sacrified in front of his Dead Owner [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 66r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence

Aztec temple, sacrifices to Huītzilōpōchtli (1602)
from: Jansz, Bernhardus - Bry, Theodor de. [Collectio peregrinationum in Indiam occidentalem] : 9 : Americæ Nona & postrema Pars. Qua de Ratione Elementorum: De Novi Orbis Natura: De Huius Incolarum Superstitiosis cultibus, Frankfurt, Bekerum, 1602
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna

Aztec Ritual with Human Linbs [1501 - 1525]
from: Codex Borbonicus
Bibliothèque de l'Assemblée Nationale, Paris

Aztec Sacrifice in front of a Pyramid (1577)
from: Historia general de las cosas de nueva España, IX
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, cod. m.p. 220, Firenze

Sacrifice of an Aztec [1562]
from: Codex Telleriano - Remensis
Bibliotèque Nationale de France, Paris

An Aztec God in front a Table with Human Body [1476 - 1500]
from: Codex Borgia
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican

Transport of the Sacrificial Stone (1579)
from: Diego de Duran, Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la tierra firme, 1579, c. 189v

Ritual Sacrifice to an Aztec God (1577)
from: Historia general de las cosas de nueva España, I
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, cod. m.p. 220, Firenze

Aztec Temple with Hung Skulls (1579)
from: Diego de Duran, Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la tierra firme, 1579, c. 232v

A Symbolf of the Sacrifices to an Aztec God (demon) [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 12r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence

Aztecs do Penance, cutting their Ears and Tongues [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 79r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence

A Man Burnt Alive during a Sacrifice (1572)
from: Codex Cozcatzin, c. 26r
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Ritual Sacrifice during a Fight [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 18r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence

Two Aztec do Sacrfice offering Incense and cutting the Body (1579)
from: Diego de Duran, Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la tierra firme, 1579, c. 248v

Aztecs offer Blood to their Principal God [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 88r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence

Skulls at the Temple [1585]
from: Codex Ramírez or Tovar - Relación del origen de los indios que hábitan esta Nueva España según sus Historias
John Carter Brown Library

Different Sacrifices in front of a Dirty Pyramid of Blood [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 87r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence

Human Sacrifice (1577)
from: Historia general de las cosas de nueva España, I
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, cod. m.p. 220, Firenze

Tipus sacrificiorum que in maniter indi faciebant in novo indiarum orbe precipue in Mexico (1579)
from: D. Valadés, Rhetorica christiana: ad concionandi et orandi usum accommodata, utriusque facultatis exemplis suo loco insertis, quae quidem, ex indorum maxime deprompta sunt historiis, unde praeter doctrinam, summa quoque delectatio comparabitur, Pietro Giacomo Petrucci, Perugia 1579, p. 172

Aztec Gods on a Pyramid afther a Sacrifice [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 91r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence

An Aztec Noble’s Sacrifice for his Country [1585]
from: Codex Ramírez or Tovar - Relación del origen de los indios que hábitan esta Nueva España según sus Historias
John Carter Brown Library

Human Sacrifice in front of the King [1585]
from: Codex Ramírez or Tovar - Relación del origen de los indios que hábitan esta Nueva España según sus Historias
John Carter Brown Library

An Aztec praying God (1577)
from: Historia general de las cosas de nueva España, VI
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, cod. m.p. 220, Firenze

Sacrfice and Revenge among the Aztecs (1579)
from: Diego de Duran, Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la tierra firme, 1579, c. 70r

Tenochtitlan, human sacrifice on Templo Mayor.VIII. Qua ratione Indi Mexicani, mactatis hominibus sacrificent (1602)
from: Jansz, Bernhardus - Bry, Theodor de. [Collectio peregrinationum in Indiam occidentalem] : 9 : Americæ Nona & postrema Pars. Qua de Ratione Elementorum: De Novi Orbis Natura: De Huius Incolarum Superstitiosis cultibus, Frankfurt, Bekerum, 1602, VIII. Qua ratione Indi Mexicani, mactatis hominibus sacrificent
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna

Moctezuma makes a Human Sacrifice to have a Prediction (1577)
from: Historia general de las cosas de nueva España, XII
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, cod. m.p. 220, Firenze

Interior of a temple with an idol which has horns and faces on its chest. Also includes torches and lamps. Includes a scene of sacrifice, bones or skeleton, knife, and European soldiers. (1671)
from: Arnoldus Montanus, De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld, Amsterdam, Jacob Meurs, 1671, p. 82
John Carter Brown Library

Sacrificial Knife (1648)
from: Aldrovandi, Ulisse, Musaeum metallicum, Bologna, 1648, p. 156

Goods for the Sacrifice during Gacitocoztli Feast [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 32r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence

Aztec Human Sacrifice on the Altar (1579)
from: Diego de Duran, Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la tierra firme, 1579, c. 238r

Human Sacrifice for the Toci Goddess (1579)
from: Diego de Duran, Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la tierra firme, 1579, c. 181r

Sacrifice of an Aztec [1562]
from: Codex Telleriano - Remensis
Bibliotèque Nationale de France, Paris

Dedication of a New Temple to Coatl God (1579)
from: Diego de Duran, Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la tierra firme, 1579, c. 170v

Aztec Human Sacrifice (1579)
from: Diego de Duran, Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la tierra firme, 1579, c. 75r

Barbaric Sacrifice of the Mexicans (1770)
from: Jean-François de La Croix, Dictionnaire historique des cultes religieux établis dans le monde depuis son origine jusqu'à présent... - Paris : Vincent, 1770, vol. 3, part. 2, p. 42
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

Aztec Sacrifice in front of a Pyramid [1562]
from: Codex Telleriano - Remensis
Bibliotèque Nationale de France, Paris

Aztec Pyramid with Human Blood on the Steps [1562]
from: Codex Telleriano - Remensis
Bibliotèque Nationale de France, Paris

Human Sacrifice in front of an Aztec Pyramid (1579)
from: Diego de Duran, Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la tierra firme, 1579, c. 280v

Sacrifices for the Dead [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 72r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence

Aztec Sacrifice to thank Gods for the Vistory (1579)
from: Diego de Duran, Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la tierra firme, 1579, c. 138r

Aztec Idol (1577)
from: Historia general de las cosas de nueva España, II
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, cod. m.p. 220, Firenze

Human sacrifice (1577)
from: Historia general de las cosas de nueva España, II
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, cod. m.p. 220, Firenze

A Man Sacrificed on an Aztec Pyramid [1501 - 1525]
from: Codex Borbonicus
Bibliothèque de l'Assemblée Nationale, Paris

Aztec Human Sacrifice (1577)
from: Historia general de las cosas de nueva España, II
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, cod. m.p. 220, Firenze

Humans Sacrificed in the Fire and on the Pyramid [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 40r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence