Calendar Gallery

Codex Borgia. Ritual and divinatory mesoamerican

Codex Borgia. Ritual and divinatory mesoamerican manuscript written in Nahuatl before of the conquest of Mexico. It is related with the aztec calendar Tonalpohualli. Copy od representation of the god Tezcatlipoca, Lord of Days, War, Heaven and Earth, antagonist of Quetzalcoatl. Aztec art. Litography. VATICAN CITY. Vatican Library. Proc: MEXICO. PUEBLA

© Iberfoto/Mary Evans

Calendar for 1877, Theatre Royal and Queens Theatre, London

Calendar for 1877, Theatre Royal and Queen's Theatre, London, with production details on the reverse for pantomimes, The House That Jack Built and the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe (Theatre Royal) and Robinson Crusoe, or Harlequin Friday and the King of the Cannibal Islands (Queen's Royal).
1877

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

Dragon Dance - Chinese New Year - Spring Frestival

Dragon Dance / Procession, China on Chinese New Year, an important Chinese festival celebrated at the turn of the Chinese calendar. It is also known as the Spring Festival. The first day of the New Year falls between January 21st and February 20th. Dragon (and lion) dances are common during Chinese New Year. It is believed that the loud beats of the drum and the deafening sounds of the cymbals together with the face of the Dragon or lion dancing aggressively can evict bad or evil spirits. Date: 1908

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection