1843 print PALENQUE, CHIAPAS, MEXICO (#17) |
Print from steel engraving titled GUATIMALA - Galerie exterieure du Palais a Palenque, published in a volume of L'Univers, Histoire et description de tous les peuples, Paris, approx. image size 8.5 x 13.5 cm, nice hand coloring.
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Palenque,
ruined ancient Mayan city of the Classic period (c. AD 300-900) in what is now Chiapas state, Mexico, about 80 miles (130 km) south of Ciudad del Carmen. Its original name was lost, and thus it was named after the neighbouring village of Santo Domingo del Palenque. The Palenque builders used plaster to obtain a smooth finish unlike the usual Mayan tooled-limestone construction. They used carving, however, on the interior walls, the best examples are on tablets affixed to the walls with plaster. Stucco and terra-cotta images have been found. The Palace shows three parallel walls housing two corridors covered with pointed vaults of the Palenque style.
One of the largest and best-preserved structures, the Temple of the Inscriptions, is noted for its hieroglyphic inscriptions. In 1952 a crypt was discovered under the temple, in which were found the jade-ornamented remains of what may have been a ruler-priest of the 7th century AD. The small Temple of Beau Relief is noted for a large stucco bas-relief of a beautifully modeled, enthroned figure.
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