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Frieze Details
Frieze between central doorway and doorway no.4. Detail at right shows that on the St. Andrew's crosses, that make up the latticework, originally one diagonal crossed the other, as in textile work, sometime left over right, sometimes right over left.
Nov. 1999
Detail of frieze in photo at left;
owl head with concentric facial markings and multiple parts
with diverse marks, open to interpretation.
Jan. 2001
Detail of surrounding molding.
Jan. 2001
Frieze over doorway no.4.
Nov. 1999
2001. Detail of frieze in photo at left;
owl head with concentric facial markings and multiple parts
with diverse marks, open to interpretation.
Jan. 2001
1917. Print. "Fig. 28. Uxmal. House of the Nuns. East building. West front. Mask
siting in the middle of the group of eight double-headed serpents."
Scanned from Eduard Seler, “Die Ruinen von Uxmal,” 1917 (fig. 28)
Frieze over doorway no.5. Moldings above and below
latticework composed of very short colonnettes; attached to the upper molding is a row of rosettes
with pendants.
Nov. 1999
Detail of frieze in photo
at left showing hole for missing mask or shield; short wooden
lintel inserted for support.
Jan. 2001
Detail of bottom-right serpent head seen in photo at far left.
Jan. 2001
