Portraying the Aztec Past : the Codices Boturini, Azcatitlan, and Aubin /

During the period of Aztec expansion and empire (ca. 1325-1525), scribes of high social standing used a pictographic writing system to paint hundreds of manuscripts detailing myriad aspects of life, including historical, calendric, and religious information. Following the Spanish conquest, native an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rajagopalan, Angela Herren (Autor)
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2019.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Recovering languages and literacies of the Americas.
Temas:
Códice Boturini.
Codex Azcatitlan.
Codex Aubin.
Codex Aubin
Codex Azcatitlan
Códice Boturini
Manuscripts, Nahuatl.
Nahuatl language > Writing.
Aztecs > History.
Manuscrits nahuatl.
Nahuatl (Langue) > Écriture.
Aztèques > Histoire.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
ART / Caribbean & Latin American
Aztecs
Manuscripts, Nahuatl
Nahuatl language > Writing
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : portraying the Aztec past
  • Codex Boturini : a pictographic paradigm
  • Master and apprentice : the multiple artistic hands in Codex Azcatitlan
  • Don Martín Ecatzin : Codex Azcatitlan's cosmic hero
  • Traitors, intrigue, and the cosmic cycle in Codex Azcatitlan
  • Codex Aubin and the influence of printed books
  • Conclusion : central Mexican manuscript painting in transition
  • Epilogue. Life after production
  • Appendix 1. Translation of the Nahuatl glosses in Codex Azcatitlan
  • Appendix 2. Translation of the Nahuatl text in Codex Aubin.

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