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1894. Photograph. "Interior of the Casa de las Monjas and its adjoining Pyramid and Temple, Uxmal".
Photograph by Herbert Dowding. Scanned from Lindesay Brine,
Travel amongst American Indians, 1894 |
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1999. Same view as photo at left, showing restored facade and staircase.
Nov. 1999 |
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Front (west) facade; frieze
level has latticework background, six trapezoidal tiers of
double-headed serpents with small central masks or shields
(two missing), and mask stacks over both ends and central
doorway.
Jan. 2001 |
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Doorway no.1, farthest left;
within this outer room is a painted capstone with date comparable
to A.D. 2 Oct. 906.
Jan. 2002 |
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Doorway no.2, left-to-right.
Jan. 2002 |
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Central doorway, wider with
mask stack above and smaller trapezoidal tiering of 3 double-header
serpent bars in cornice.
Jan. 2002 |
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Doorway no.4, left-to-right.
Jan. 2002 |
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Doorway No. 5, farthest right,
showing corner mask stack, the upper portion restored.
Jan. 2002 |
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Northwest corner and left
half of main facade; Pyramid of the Magician behind.
Jan. 2001 |
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Alignment of molding and
stairs of north building with east building.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens) |
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Intense, colorful late afternnon
sun; also showing division between north and east buildings.
Jan. 2001 |
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Intense, colorful late afternnon
sun; top of South Building aligns with medial molding of East
Building, integrating the two.
Jan. 2001 |
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