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Dr Dee's mirror and its case. Aztec, 15th-16th CE. Mirrors were associated with Tezcatlipoca, the Aztec god of rulers, warriors and sorcerers, whose name can be translated as 'Smoking Mirror'. Used by the Elizabethan mathematician, astrologer and magician John Dee (1527-1608/9) as a 'shew-stone', one of many polished translucent or reflective objects which he used as tools for his occult research. Polished obsidian (volcanic glass), diam. 18.4 cm. Inv. PY 1966,1001.1.
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British Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART343526
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Image
Purpose
Public
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2892px × 2369px
Photo Credit
© The Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource, NY
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15th century CE
16th century CE
Astrology
Dee, John (1527-1609)
Elizabethan period (1553-1603)
Magic
Minor Arts
Mirror
Obsidian
Occultism
Renaissance
Tezcatlipoca, the Smoking Mirror