Keyword: Mexico
A Man Burnt Alive during a Sacrifice (1572)
from: Codex Cozcatzin, c. 26r
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
A Man Sacrificed on an Aztec Pyramid [1501 - 1525]
from: Codex Borbonicus
Bibliothèque de l'Assemblée Nationale, Paris
A Symbolf of the Sacrifices to an Aztec God (demon) [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 12r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence
An Aztec God in front a Table with Human Body [1476 - 1500]
from: Codex Borgia
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican
ASlave Sacrified in front of his Dead Owner [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 66r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence
Aztec Gods on a Pyramid afther a Sacrifice [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 91r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence
Aztec Pyramid with Human Blood on the Steps [1562]
from: Codex Telleriano - Remensis
Bibliotèque Nationale de France, Paris
Aztec Ritual with Human Linbs [1501 - 1525]
from: Codex Borbonicus
Bibliothèque de l'Assemblée Nationale, Paris
Aztec Sacrifice in front of a Pyramid [1562]
from: Codex Telleriano - Remensis
Bibliotèque Nationale de France, Paris
Aztecs do Penance, cutting their Ears and Tongues [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 79r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence
Aztecs offer Blood to their Principal God [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 88r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence
Aztecs offer Incense and Dirty Paper of Blood [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 74r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence
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
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
Different Sacrifices in front of a Dirty Pyramid of Blood [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 87r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence
Felipe de Jesús crucifix
Museo Nacional del Virreinato, Tepotzotlan
Felipe de Jesús Engraving (1801)
from: Vida de San Felipe de Jesus Protomartir del Japon y Patron de su Patria Mexico
Giant snake eats a lion while a man is attacked by beasts with sharp teeth. Includes the bodies of other victims or sacrifices. Description of a temple in the Yucatan discovered by Francisco Fernandez de Córdoba and Cristobal Morantes. The temple is described as being a theater of marble with huge figures carved on the top. People were daily executed within the bars and their bodies thrown down on the ground below (1671)
from: Arnoldus Montanus, De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld, Amsterdam, Jacob Meurs, 1671, p. 73
John Carter Brown Library