16th Century Codex from Mexico Depicting Earthquake (IMAGE)
Caption
Pictogram representing an earthquake that took place on the year 2 Reeds or 1507. The gloss describes that the pictogram recounts the drowning of 1,800 warriors in an unidentified river, presumably in southern Mexico, the termination of the temple of the New Fire, where the ceremony of the new cycle of life was celebrated, and a solar eclipse as a circle with rays emanating from it in the upper right-hand side, below the date sign.
Credit
Courtesy of Gerardo Suarez and Virginia Garcia-Acosta
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