Decoding The Codex Borgia
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Decoding The Codex Borgia
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Author : Susan Milbrath
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-02-27
Decoding The Codex Borgia written by Susan Milbrath and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-27 with categories.
Tlacuilolli
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Author : Karl Anton Nowotny
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2005
Tlacuilolli written by Karl Anton Nowotny and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
Appearing for the first time in English, Karl Anton Nowotny’s Tlacuilolli is a classic work of Mesoamerican scholarship. A concise analysis of the pre-Columbian Borgia Group of manuscripts, it is the only synthetic interpretation of divinatory and ritual codices from Mexico. Originally published in German and unavailable to any but the most determined scholars, Tlacuilolli has nevertheless formed the foundation for subsequent scholarly works on the codices. Its importance extends beyond the study of Mexican codices: Nowotny’s sophisticated reading of these manuscripts informs our understanding of Mesoamerican culture. Of particular importance are Nowotny’s corrections of errors in fact and interpretation in the Spanish edition of Eduard Seler’s commentary on the Borgia Group. George A. Everett and Edward B. Sisson have translated Nowotny’s masterwork into English while maintaining the flavor of the original German edition. To the core text they have added an extensive bibliography and constructed a framework of annotation that relates the principles in Tlacuilolli to current research. This edition includes a selection of eleven stunning full-color images chosen from the original catalog.
Re Creating Primordial Time
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Author : Gabrielle Vail
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2013-10-15
Re Creating Primordial Time written by Gabrielle Vail and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-15 with Social Science categories.
Re-Creating Primordial Time offers a new perspective on the Maya codices, documenting the extensive use of creation mythology and foundational rituals in the hieroglyphic texts and iconography of these important manuscripts. Focusing on both pre-Columbian codices and early colonial creation accounts, Vail and Hernández show that in spite of significant cultural change during the Postclassic and Colonial periods, the mythological traditions reveal significant continuity, beginning as far back as the Classic period. Remarkable similarities exist within the Maya tradition, even as new mythologies were introduced through contact with the Gulf Coast region and highland central Mexico. Vail and Hernández analyze the extant Maya codices within the context of later literary sources such as the Books of Chilam Balam, the Popol Vuh, and the Códice Chimalpopoca to present numerous examples highlighting the relationship among creation mythology, rituals, and lore. Compiling and comparing Maya creation mythology with that of the Borgia codices from highland central Mexico, Re-Creating Primordial Time is a significant contribution to the field of Mesoamerican studies and will be of interest to scholars of archaeology, linguistics, epigraphy, and comparative religions alike.
The Codex Borgia
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Author : Gisele Díaz
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2013-01-23
The Codex Borgia written by Gisele Díaz and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-23 with Art categories.
First republication of remarkable repainting of great Mexican codex, dated to ca. AD 1400. 76 large full-color plates show gods, kings, warriors, mythical creatures, and abstract designs. Introduction.
State And Cosmos In The Art Of Tenochtitlan
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Author : Richard F. Townsend
language : en
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
Release Date : 1979
State And Cosmos In The Art Of Tenochtitlan written by Richard F. Townsend and has been published by Dumbarton Oaks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Art categories.
Townsend offers an interpretation of Mexica monumental art by identifying three interrelated themes: the conception of the universe as sacred structure, the correspondence of the social order and the territory of the nation with the cosmic structure, and the representation of Tenochtitlan as historically legitimate successor to past civilization.
Unraveling The Voynich Codex
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Author : Jules Janick
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-08-16
Unraveling The Voynich Codex written by Jules Janick and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-16 with Science categories.
Unraveling the Voynich Codex reviews the historical, botanical, zoological, and iconographic evidence related to the Voynich Codex, one of the most enigmatic historic texts of all time. The bizarre Voynich Codex has often been referred to as the most mysterious book in the world. Discovered in an Italian Catholic college in 1912 by a Polish book dealer Wilfrid Voynich, it was eventually bequeathed to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University. It contains symbolic language that has defied translation by eminent cryptologists. The codex is encyclopedic in scope and contains sections known as herbal, pharmaceutical, balenological (nude nymphs bathing in pools), astrological, cosmological and a final section of text that may be prescriptions but could be poetry or incantations. Because the vellum has been carbon dated to the early 15th century and the manuscript was known to be in the collection of Emperor Rudolf II of the Holy Roman Empire sometime between 1607 and 1622, current dogma had assumed it a European manuscript of the 15th century. However, based on identification of New World plants, animals, a mineral, as well as cities and volcanos of Central Mexico, the authors of this book reveal that the codex is clearly a document of colonial New Spain. Furthermore, the illustrator and author are identified as native to Mesoamerica based on a name and ligated initials in the first botanical illustration. This breakthrough in Voynich studies indicates that the failure to decipher the manuscript has been the result of a basic misinterpretation of its origin in time and place. Tentative assignment of the Voynichese symbols also provides a key to decipherment based on Mesoamerican languages. A document from this time, free from filter or censor from either Spanish or Inquisitorial authorities has major importance in our understanding of life in 16th century Mexico. Publisher's Note: For the eBook editions, Voynichese symbols are only rendered properly in the PDF format.
The Book
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Author : Michael F. Suarez, S.J.
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-10
The Book written by Michael F. Suarez, S.J. and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
"This volume seeks to delineate the history of the production, dissemination, and reception of texts from the earliest pictograms of the mid-4th millennium to recent developments in electronic books."--P. xi.
Heaven And Earth In Ancient Mexico
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Author : Susan Milbrath
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2013-02-22
Heaven And Earth In Ancient Mexico written by Susan Milbrath and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-22 with Social Science categories.
The Codex Borgia, a masterpiece that predates the Spanish conquest of central Mexico, records almanacs used in divination and astronomy. Within its beautifully painted screenfold pages is a section (pages 29-46) that shows a sequence of enigmatic pictures that have been the subject of debate for more than a century. Bringing insights from ethnohistory, anthropology, art history, and archaeoastronomy to bear on this passage, Susan Milbrath presents a convincing new interpretation of Borgia 29-46 as a narrative of noteworthy astronomical events that occurred over the course of the year AD 1495-1496, set in the context of the central Mexican festival calendar. In contrast to scholars who have interpreted Borgia 29-46 as a mythic history of the heavens and the earth, Milbrath demonstrates that the narrative documents ancient Mesoamericans' understanding of real-time astronomy and natural history. Interpreting the screenfold's complex symbols in light of known astronomical events, she finds that Borgia 29-46 records such phenomena as a total solar eclipse in August 1496, a November meteor shower, a comet first sighted in February 1496, and the changing phases of Venus and Mercury. She also shows how the narrative is organized according to the eighteen-month festival calendar and how seasonal cycles in nature are represented in its imagery. This new understanding of the content and purpose of the Codex Borgia reveals this long-misunderstood narrative as the most important historical record of central Mexican astronomy on the eve of the Spanish conquest.
The Paris Codex
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Author : Gregory M. Severin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
The Paris Codex written by Gregory M. Severin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Codex Peresianus categories.
Held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge.
History Of Illustration
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Author : Susan Doyle
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2018-05-17
History Of Illustration written by Susan Doyle and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-17 with Design categories.
Winner of the 2019 CHOICE Award "The authoritative book on the origins, history, and influence of illustration. Bravo!" David Brinley, University of Delaware, USA History of Illustration covers image-making and print history from around the world, spanning from the ancient to the modern. Hundreds of color images show illustrations within their social, cultural, and technical context, while they are ordered from the past to the present. Readers will be able to analyze images for their displayed techniques, cultural standards, and ideas to appreciate the art form. This essential guide is the first history of illustration written by an international team of illustration historians, practitioners, and educators.