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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 - Appleton's Biography by Stanley L. Klos
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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