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Incremento Acervo Fototeca. Adquisición Martine Chomel. ESTEREOSCOPICA. I.O. Al frente impreso a los extremos y al pie: "Keystone View Company Manufacturers COPYRIGHTED MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" "Meadville, Pa., New York, N.Y., Chicago, Ill., London, England." "MX88" "V23635 The Aztec Calendar Stone, or Stone of the Sun Nacional Museum, Mexico City". Al pie de la gran escultura hay un rótulo donde dice: "CALENDARIO AZTECA O PIEDRA DEL SOL" "EN EL MES DE DICIEMBRE DE 1790 AL PRACTICARSE LA NIVELACION DEL NUEVO EMPEDRADO DE LA PLAZA MAYOREN ESTA CAPITAL FUE DESCUBIERTO ESTE MONOLITO Y COLOCADO DESPUES AL PIE DE LA TORRE OCCIDENTALDE L ACATEDRAL POR EL LADO QUE VE AL PONIENTEDE CUYO LUGAR SE TYRASLADO A ESTE MUSEO NACIONAL EN AGOSTO DE 1885." Al reverso tiene una anotación impresa: "V23635 CALENDAR STONE, 1790, MEXICO CITY, MEXICO. Ascientific war has been waged round this huge cylinder of porphry regarding the meaning of its crowded circles of symbols. Dr. Valentini, a German, after long study, states that while it does give the Mexican calendar, it was intenteded for a stone of sacrifice. About 1478 the king had nearlyfinished a pyramid, when the high priest reminded him of an old vow; so he caused the stone shown here to be carved; and when it was set in place thousands of victims were slain. The king ceremonially ate so much of their flesh that he was taken ill and died, an example of "poetie justice"! In 1521 the Spaniards captured the city, and later the Bishop, in abhorrence of the bloodshed due to the stone, had it buried in the Plaza. In 1790 while the marketplace was being repaired, et was uncovered and built into the tower of the Cathedral, where it stayed until its removal to the National Museum in 1885. Ilmay be said that the central face represents the Sun-God, as the "giver of time rather than of light". In the concentric circles surrounding the central face are symbols representing the sixteen hours of the Mexican day, the five days of Mexican week, the 20 days of the month, the 365 days of the year (including the "Nemotemi" or lost days); the division of the Mexican year by sun-reckoning and moon.reckoning, and the full cycle or Mexican "century" of 52 years; and the four epochs or great divisions of Mexican time." En cursiva dice: "Copyright by The Keystone View Company"