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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 |
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Detail of frieze in photo at left;
owl head with concentric facial markings and multiple parts
with diverse marks, open to interpretation.
Jan. 2001 |
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Detail of surrounding molding.
Jan. 2001 |
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Frieze over doorway no.4.
Nov. 1999 |
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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 |
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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)
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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 |
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Detail of frieze in photo
at left showing hole for missing mask or shield; short wooden
lintel inserted for support.
Jan. 2001 |
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Detail of bottom-right serpent head seen in photo at far left.
Jan. 2001 |
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