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IGNACIO, Jose de aesu Maria (ig-nath'-yo), German missionary, born in Padei in 1721; died in Bartenstein in 1780. His real name was Herman Loessing. He became a Jesuit and went to New Spain in 1746, and for several years taught rhetoric and philosophy in the College of Mexico, but, having found in a journey some old stones covered with hieroglyphs, took such an interest in them that he obtained from his superiors permission to devote his time to the study of hierology. He left Mexico in 1753, and for nine years explored the country in its remotest parts, buying Aztec antiquities at any price. On his return to Germany he was appointed librarian of the Arch-Bishop of Cologne in 1768, and began to work on the materials that he had collected. He published "De Arte hieroglyphum Mexicanorum," a key to the Mexican Hieroglyphs, which, although incomplete and incorrect in many ways, has nevertheless enabled the scientists to decipher some old inscriptions (Cologne, 1774); "Historia Novae Hispaniae" (1777); "Reisen in Neu Spanien" (1778); "Historia regal Azteeorum" (1780); "Cosmographia" (3 vols., with charts, 1780). Father Ignacio had not made use of all his notes when he became blind. He then went to live in Bartenstein with a brother who was chamberlain of the Prince of Hohenlohe. His notes were afterward utilized by Chastelard, who published "De la civilisation Azteque d6montree par les monuments" (2 vols., Rouen, 1809); " Supiorite des Azteques sur leurs conquerants" (1811); and several other works.
IGNACIO, José de Iesu Maria (ig-nath'-yo), German missionary, born in Padei in 1721; died in Bartenstein in 1780. His real name was Herman Loessing. He became a Jesuit and went to New Spain in 1746, and for several years taught rhetoric and philosophy in the College of Mexico, but, having found in a journey some old stones covered with hieroglyphs, took such an interest in them that he obtained from his superiors permission to devote his time to the study of hierology.
He left Mexico in 1753, and for nine years explored the country in its remotest parts, buying Aztec antiquities at any price. On his return to Germany he was appointed librarian of the Arch-Bishop of Cologne in 1768, and began to work on the materials that he had collected.
He published "De Arte hieroglyphum Mexicanorum," a key to the Mexican Hieroglyphs, which, although incomplete and incorrect in many ways, has nevertheless enabled the scientists to decipher some old inscriptions (Cologne, 1774); "Historia Novae Hispaniae" (1777); "Reisen in Neu Spanien" (1778); "Historia regal Aztecorum" (1780); "Cosmographia" (3 vols., with charts, 1780).
Father Ignacio had not made use of all his notes when he became blind. He then went to live in Bartenstein with a brother who was chamberlain of the Prince of Hohenlohe. His notes were afterward utilized by Chastelard, who published "De la civilisation Azteque démonstrée par les monuments" (2 vols., Rouen, 1809); "Supiriorité des Azteques sur leurs conquerants" (1811); and several other works.
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