Florentine codex project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Nahuatl accounts of the conquest of mexico, repertorium. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The author is professor of anthropology at the university of chicago. Monographs of the school of american research, santa fe, new mexico.
Florentine codex, general history of the things of new. Two of the worlds leading scholars of the aztec language and culture have translated sahaguns monumental and encyclopedic study. If youre seeing this message, it means were having trouble loading external resources on our website. We reveal you some referred publications florentine codex. During this period, the university at salamanca was strongly influenced by erasmus, and was a center for spanish franciscan intellectual life. World digital library adds florentine codex library of. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel.
Five hundred years after the friars birth, miguel leon. The codex was compiled over the last four decades of sahaguns life. General history of the things of new spain by fray. The nahua accounts concentrate on those things that were new and strange like horses and crossbows but also seek to find parallels and comparisons between their own practices and. The general history of the things of new spain, by bernardino. Some thoughts on sahagun and the florentine codex mv.
Aztec farmers left planting and right cultivating corn with the assistance of a wooden digging tool. Two of the worlds leading scholars of the aztec language and culture hav. Commonly called the florentine codex, the manuscript came into the possession of the medici no later than 1588. It was there that he joined the order of friars minor or.
Apr 02, 2003 particularly indispensable for anyone studying contactperiod mexico is the florentine codex held by the mediceanlaurentian library in florence, a twelvebook compendium detailing religious belief and practice, moral philosophy, daily life, natural history, and the spanish conquest. His work contains the matritense codex, a manuscript product of the great. Villa i tatti and harvard university press, 2011, pp. The general history of the things of new spain, by. This lesson explores sahagun s life, as well as the creation of the codex. Some thoughts on sahagun and the florentine codex mv lindsey. Florentine codex, general history of the things of. It may be that the florentine codex artist was 1 xiuhtecuhtli is not listed in primeros memoriales but ixcozauhqui seems to have been the model for the florentine codexs representation for xiuhtecuhtli. He attended the university of salamanca, where he was exposed to the currents of renaissance humanism. Sahagun was ordered to write in nahuatl the information needed by his colleagues for the conversion of the indigenous peoples of the region. Twentyninth chapter, where it is said how, at the time the spaniards left mexico, there. General history of the things of new spain by fray bernardino.
Read and learn for free about the following article. The florentine codex, a unique manuscript dating from 1577. The foremost nahuatl conquest account is book twelve of the florentine codex. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Book twelve contains a meticulous retelling of the spanish conquest of mexico, from the days leading up to the first arrival of cortes to the eventual submission. The manuscript, now known to scholars as the florentine codex, is of inestimable value not only for its lavish illustrations and plentiful information about prehispanic. Translated from the aztec into english, with notes and illustrations, by arthur j. Published by the school of american research and the university of utah. If youre seeing this message, it means were having trouble loading external resources on. How it got from spain to italy and into the laurentian library in florence we can only conjecture. Particularly indispensable for anyone studying contactperiod mexico is the florentine codex held by the mediceanlaurentian library in florence, a twelvebook compendium detailing religious belief and practice, moral philosophy, daily life, natural history, and the spanish conquest. The florentine codex is hold at the laurentian library florence. He was a pioneer of modern anthropology and showed singular commitment, reticence and intelligence. Florentine codex, general history of the things of new spain.
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