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  • Translation into Aztec language
  • Translation into the Aztec language
  • Mexico: (above) a bust of an Aztec priestess or divinity, belonging to Mr. Dupé in Mexico; (below) an Aztec statuette of basalt deposited by Humboldt in Berlin. Coloured aquatint by G. Gallina ca. 1820.
  • Two miniature people, known as the Aztec Lilliputians, with their manager. Lithograph by G. Wilkinson.
  • The Aztec Lilliputians from the great and mysterious city of Iximaya in Central America ...
  • Mexico: reconstruction of the teocal (Aztec pyramidal temple) of Cholula. Coloured aquatint by P. Fumagalli, ca. 1820.
  • Mexico: ruins of the teocal (Aztec pyramidal temple) of Cholula. Coloured aquatint by P. Fumagalli, ca. 1820.
  • Mexico: a sheet of an Aztec document collected by Humboldt. Colour aquatint by D. Klemi-Bonatti, ca. 1820.
  • [Undated (1876?) illustrated handbill advertising an exhibition of Maximo and Bartola, the Aztec Lilliputians from Iximaya in central America].
  • [Undated (1876?) illustrated handbill advertising an exhibition of Maximo and Bartola, the Aztec Lilliputians from Iximaya in central America].
  • Mexico: nine Aztec figures including one (no. 6) identified as King Montezuma. Coloured aquatint by D. Klemi-Bonatti, ca. 1820.
  • Mexico: a sheet of an Aztec document showing a serpent with other divinatory figures. Coloured aquatint by D. Klemi-Bonatti, ca. 1820.
  • [Illustrated 'favour ticket' to an exhibition of Aztec Lilliputians from Iximaya in central America and the Erdmanniges from under the earth in South Africa. Possibly 1855].
  • [Illustrated 'favour ticket' to an exhibition of Aztec Lilliputians from Iximaya in central America and the Erdmanniges from under the earth in South Africa. Possibly 1855].
  • The Aztec Lilliputians and the Earthmen, or Erdmanniges : grand fashionable exhibitions commencing Tuesday, Dec. 26th, to continue for a short time only ... / Queen's Concert Rooms, Hanover Square.
  • [Illustrated ticket to an exhibition of Aztec Lilliputians from Iximaya in central America and the Earthmen or Erdmanniges from under the earth in South Africa. Possibly 1855. Printed in red on white paper].
  • [Illustrated ticket to an entertainment of Henry Smith, vocalist, and the Aztec Lilliputians from Iximaya in central America and the Earthmen or Erdmanniges from under the earth in South Africa. Dated May 1855].
  • [Illustrated ticket to an exhibition of Aztec Lilliputians from Iximaya in central America and the Earthmen or Erdmanniges from under the earth in South Africa. Possibly 1855. Printed in red on white paper].
  • [Illustrated ticket to an entertainment of Henry Smith, vocalist, and the Aztec Lilliputians from Iximaya in central America and the Earthmen or Erdmanniges from under the earth in South Africa. Dated May 1855].
  • Line Drawing: Human Sacrifice, Aztecs
  • Maximo and Bartola, supposed to be Aztecs, advertised for exhibition. Colour lithograph.
  • Capsicum annuum 'Masquerade' Distribution: Central and South America. This ‘domesticated species’ originated from Mexico (although the centre of Capsicum evolution was much earlier and from Bolivia) and includes the bland salad peppers and the hot chilli peppers, of which capsaicin (sometimes called capsicain), from the lining of the inside of the chilli, is the main active ingredient. Chilli comes from the Aztec language of the Nahuatl people. It was reputedly introduced to Europe by Columbus in the mid-15th century, but was cultivated in Mexico since 4,000 BCE and used in cooking since 7,200 BCE. After its introduction to Europe, its cultivation very rapidly became world-wide. It appears first as a description (Bock, 1539) with the name teutschem Pfeffer. The first illustration, as Siliquastrum, appears in Historia Stirpes commentarii insignis (Fuchs, 1542). Fuchs did not realise it came from the Americas, as he identified it as a plant described by Pliny, Dioscorides and Avicenna and gave their uses of it. It appear in Dodoen's Cruydeboeck (1551) and Lyte's translation (1557) with the note that it is 'hot and drie in the third degree.' He recommended it for dressing meat, and noted that it 'warmeth the stomach' and was good for a sore throat, scrofula, and topically got rid of spots. Fuch's had reported these properties as being described by Avicenna, but what that plant was is unknown. Lindley (1838) wrote: 'It is employed in medicine, in combination with Cinchona in intermittent and lethargic affections, and also in atonic gout, dyspepsia accompanied by flatulence, tympanitis, paralysis etc. Its most valuable application appears however to be in cynanche maligna [=severe sore throat, with impending suffocation] and scarlatina maligna [=severe scarlet fever], used either as a gargle or administered internally.' However, its principal use medically has been in pain relief, applied locally for pain from muscle injury to post herpetic neuralgia. Capsaicin acts on the pain and heat sensing neurones to make them trigger the sensation of pain at body temperature. Repeated exposure to capsaicin depletes the neurotransmitter substance P that is used to perceive pain, so the relevant nerves no longer transmit the sensation of pain/heat from any cause. It is a banned substance in the equestrian events at the Olympics because of its ability to stop perception of pain. Capsaicin has been shown, experimentally, to kill cancer cells by attacking their mitochondria. Particular interest has concentrated on its ability to reduce the size of tumours of the pancreas and prostate. Various cultivars are used in cooking, and the strength (i.e. how hot they are) is measured in Scoville units. A standard chilli pepper used in England would be around 5,000 Scovilles, the hottest peppers are rated over one million Scoville units. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Mexican pottery figure representing Ocelot, Toltec period
  • Antiquities of Mexico: comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, preserved in the Royal Libraries of Paris, Berlin, and Dresden; in the Imperial Library of Vienna; in the Vatican Library; in the Borgian Museum at Rome; in the Library of the Institute at Bologna; and in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Together with the Monuments of New Spain, by M. Dupaix: with their respective scales of measurement and accompanying descriptions. The whole illustrated by many valuable inedited manuscripts / by Lord Kingsborough; the drawings, on stone, by A. Aglio.
  • Antiquities of Mexico: comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, preserved in the Royal Libraries of Paris, Berlin, and Dresden; in the Imperial Library of Vienna; in the Vatican Library; in the Borgian Museum at Rome; in the Library of the Institute at Bologna; and in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Together with the Monuments of New Spain, by M. Dupaix: with their respective scales of measurement and accompanying descriptions. The whole illustrated by many valuable inedited manuscripts / by Lord Kingsborough; the drawings, on stone, by A. Aglio.
  • Childbirth, midwifery and care of the new born infant. Lithograph by G. Lopéz (?) after Fray B. de Sahagún.
  • Buste d'une Pretesse Azteque
  • Netemachtiliztli. In Itechpa in cè yancuican pahtli, inic in Macehualtin quimatizque iquin yeiman, quenin, ihuan quezqui quicelizque / [José Ignacio Bartolache].
  • Netemachtiliztli. In Itechpa in cè yancuican pahtli, inic in Macehualtin quimatizque iquin yeiman, quenin, ihuan quezqui quicelizque / [José Ignacio Bartolache].
  • Badianus Codex, (facsimile), 16th century: species of Datura