The Codex Mexicanus : a guide to life in late sixteenth-century New Spain /

Some sixty years after the Spanish conquest of Mexico, a group of Nahua intellectuals in Mexico City set about compiling an extensive book of miscellanea, which was recorded in pictorial form with alphabetic texts in Nahuatl clarifying some imagery or adding new information altogether. This manuscri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Diel, Lori Boornazian, 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2018.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Codex Mexicanus.
Codex Laud
To 1810
Manuscripts, Mexican > Mexico > Facsimiles.
Aztecs > History > 16th century.
Indians of Mexico > History > 16th century.
Indians > History > 16th century > Mexico.
Manuscrits mexicains > Mexique > Fac-similés.
Aztèques > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Indiens d'Amérique > Mexique > Histoire > 16e siècle.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
ART / Caribbean & Latin American
Indians
Aztecs
Indians of Mexico
Manuscripts, Mexican
Mexico > History > To 1810.
Mexico > History > Spanish colony, 1540-1810.
New Spain > History > 16th century.
Mexique > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1810.
Mexique > Histoire > 1540-1810 (Colonie espagnole)
Mexico
New Spain
Facsimiles
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Codex Mexicanus and its world of production
  • Time and religion in the Aztec and Christian worlds
  • Astrology, health, and medicine in New Spain
  • Divine lineage : a genealogy of the Tenochca royal house
  • A history of the Mexica people : from Aztlan to Tenochtitlan to New Spain
  • Conclusions and an epilogue
  • Appendix 1 : pictorial catechism, Codex Mexicanus pages 52-54
  • Appendix 2 : zodiac text transcription, Codex Mexicanus pages 24-34.

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