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1917 Seler

All the illustrations of line drawings of Uxmal in Eduard Seler's monumental study, "Die Ruinen von Uxmal," published in Abhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, Nr. 3. Berlin: Verlag der Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1917. The more elaborate drawings are signed by Wilhelm von den Steinem and most of the other drawings are consistent with his hand; based on on-site drawings by Seler and other material. I have scanned these images from the copy in the University of Rochester Library, with appreciation. On this web site, the captions are literal translations of the German caption.



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"Fig. 24. Uxmal. House of the Nuns. East building. Flat relief. Serpent
jaws on the outer side of the mask column at the southwest corner of the building."
1917
"Fig. 25. Uxmal. House of the Nuns. East building. Flat relief on the outside of the mask column at the northeast corner of the building."
1917
"Fig. 26. Uxmal. House of the Nuns. East building. The two highest masks of the mask column in the middle of the frieze of the west front facing the courtyard. (The snouts are broken off.)"
1917
"Fig. 27. Uxmal. House of the Nuns. East building. Single serpent head,
from the highest of the eight double-headed serpents of the second group (counted from the north). Now fallen off on the courtyard in front of the north end of the building’s west front. The relief is equipped with a broad conical peg on its back with which it was fit into the wall’s stonework."
1917
"Fig. 28. Uxmal. House of the Nuns. East building. West front. Mask
siting in the middle of the group of eight double-headed serpents."
1917
"Fig. 29. Uxmal. House of the Nuns. West building. Ground plan (complete)."
1917
"Fig. 30a. Uxmal. House of the Nuns. West building. Distribution of
postholes on the vault sides."
1917
"Fig. 30b. Uxmal. House of the Nuns. West building. Construction of the outer wall. Upper Molding, Frieze, Girdle Molding, Wall Surface, Foundation."
1917
"Fig. 31. Uxmal. House of the Nuns. West building. One of the serpent heads at the corner of the building that extend diagonally from the
middle section of the fascia.
Fig. 32. Uxmal. House of the Nuns. West building. Rhombic stones that
make up the center of the web of the frieze’s diagonal itzcouatl-lattice. a. from the northern narrow wall, b. from the eastern
main front."
1917
"Fig. 33a b. Uxmal. House of the Nuns. West building. Torsi of busts surrounded by a jagged wreath, from the latticework of the frieze piece which, near the southern end of the building, was supported by the main facade facing the courtyard."
1917
 
 
 
 

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