Florentine Codex
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The Florentine Codex
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Author : Jeanette Favrot Peterson
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2019-09-10
The Florentine Codex written by Jeanette Favrot Peterson 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 2019-09-10 with Art categories.
In the sixteenth century, the Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagún and a team of indigenous grammarians, scribes, and painters completed decades of work on an extraordinary encyclopedic project titled General History of the Things of New Spain, known as the Florentine Codex (1575–1577). Now housed in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence and bound in three lavishly illustrated volumes, the codex is a remarkable product of cultural exchange in the early Americas. In this edited volume, experts from multiple disciplines analyze the manuscript’s bilingual texts and more than 2,000 painted images and offer fascinating, new insights on its twelve books. The contributors examine the “three texts” of the codex—the original Nahuatl, its translation into Spanish, and its painted images. Together, these constitute complementary, as well as conflicting, voices of an extended dialogue that occurred in and around Mexico City. The volume chapters address a range of subjects, from Nahua sacred beliefs, moral discourse, and natural history to the Florentine artists’ models and the manuscript’s reception in Europe. The Florentine Codex ultimately yields new perspectives on the Nahua world several decades after the fall of the Aztec empire.
Colors Between Two Worlds
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Author : Gerhard Wolf
language : en
Publisher: Villa I Tatti
Release Date : 2011
Colors Between Two Worlds written by Gerhard Wolf and has been published by Villa I Tatti this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Aztecs categories.
For half a century the Franciscan friar Bernardino de SahagÃon (1499âe"1590) worked on a compendium of the beliefs, rituals, language, arts, and economy of the vanishing Aztec culture. This volume examines the Aztec use of colorâe"in art and everyday lifeâe"as revealed in the Codex, the most richly illustrated manuscript of this great ethnographic work.
Historia De La Conquista De M Xico
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Author : James Lockhart
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1993
Historia De La Conquista De M Xico written by James Lockhart and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.
Historians are concerned today that the Spaniards' early accounts of their first experiences with the Indians in the Americas should be balanced with accounts from the Indian perspective. We People Here reflects that concern, bringing together important and revealing documents written in the Nahuatl language in sixteenth-century Mexico. James Lockhart's superior translation combines contemporary English with the most up-to-date, nuanced understanding of Nahuatl grammar and meaning. The foremost Nahuatl conquest account is Book Twelve of the Florentine Codex. In this monumental work, Fray Bernardino de Sahag�n commissioned Nahuas to collect and record in their own language accounts of the conquest of Mexico; he then added a parallel Spanish account that is part summary, part elaboration of the Nahuatl. Now, for the first time, the Nahuatl and Spanish texts are together in one volume with en face English translations and reproductions of the copious illustrations from the Codex. Also included are five other Nahua conquest texts. Lockhart's introduction discusses each one individually, placing the narratives in context.
The People
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Author : Robert B. Pickering
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
The People written by Robert B. Pickering and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Indians of North America categories.
An account of the people who lived in prehistoric North America, with details on how they lived.
Bernardino De Sahagun
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Author : Miguel Leon-Portilla
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2012-09-13
Bernardino De Sahagun written by Miguel Leon-Portilla 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 2012-09-13 with Social Science categories.
He was sent from Spain on a religious crusade to Mexico to “detect the sickness of idolatry,” but Bernardino de Sahagún (c. 1499-1590) instead became the first anthropologist of the New World. The Franciscan monk developed a deep appreciation for Aztec culture and the Nahuatl language. In this biography, Miguel León-Portilla presents the life story of a fascinating man who came to Mexico intent on changing the traditions and cultures he encountered but instead ended up working to preserve them, even at the cost of persecution. Sahagún was responsible for documenting numerous ancient texts and other native testimonies. He persevered in his efforts to study the native Aztecs until he had developed his own research methodology, becoming a pioneer of anthropology. Sahagún formed a school of Nahua scribes and labored with them for more than sixty years to transcribe the pre-conquest language and culture of the Nahuas. His rich legacy, our most comprehensive account of the Aztecs, is contained in his Primeros Memoriales (1561) and Historia General de las Cosas de Nueva España (1577). Near the end of his life at age 91, Sahagún became so protective of the Aztecs that when he died, his former Indian students and many others felt deeply affected. Translated into English by Mauricio J. Mixco, León-Portilla’s absorbing account presents Sahagún as a complex individual–a man of his times yet a pioneer in many ways.
Mesoamerican Voices
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Author : Matthew Restall
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2005-11-07
Mesoamerican Voices written by Matthew Restall and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-11-07 with History categories.
A 2006 collection of indigenous-language writings from central Mexico and Guatemala, written during the colonial period.
Aztecs
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Author : Inga Clendinnen
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1995-02-24
Aztecs written by Inga Clendinnen and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-02-24 with History categories.
Recreates the culture of the city of Tenochtitlan in its last unthreatened years before it fell to the Spaniards.
Handbook To Life In The Aztec World
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Author : Manuel Aguilar-Moreno
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2007
Handbook To Life In The Aztec World written by Manuel Aguilar-Moreno and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
Describes daily life in the Aztec world, including coverage of geography, foods, trades, arts, games, wars, political systems, class structure, religious practices, trading networks, writings, architecture and science.
Aztec Philosophy
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Author : James Maffie
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2014-03-15
Aztec Philosophy written by James Maffie 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 2014-03-15 with Social Science categories.
In Aztec Philosophy, James Maffie shows the Aztecs advanced a highly sophisticated and internally coherent systematic philosophy worthy of consideration alongside other philosophies from around the world. Bringing together the fields of comparative world philosophy and Mesoamerican studies, Maffie excavates the distinctly philosophical aspects of Aztec thought. Aztec Philosophy focuses on the ways Aztec metaphysics—the Aztecs’ understanding of the nature, structure and constitution of reality—underpinned Aztec thinking about wisdom, ethics, politics,\ and aesthetics, and served as a backdrop for Aztec religious practices as well as everyday activities such as weaving, farming, and warfare. Aztec metaphysicians conceived reality and cosmos as a grand, ongoing process of weaving—theirs was a world in motion. Drawing upon linguistic, ethnohistorical, archaeological, historical, and contemporary ethnographic evidence, Maffie argues that Aztec metaphysics maintained a processive, transformational, and non-hierarchical view of reality, time, and existence along with a pantheistic theology. Aztec Philosophy will be of great interest to Mesoamericanists, philosophers, religionists, folklorists, and Latin Americanists as well as students of indigenous philosophy, religion, and art of the Americas.
Sacred Energies Of The Sun And Moon
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Author : Erika Buenaflor
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2020-07-07
Sacred Energies Of The Sun And Moon written by Erika Buenaflor and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-07 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
A practical guide to ancient Mesoamerican solar and lunar rites for healing and transformation • Details shamanic rituals and practices for each period of the day, including dawn, sunrise, noon, sunset, and midnight, to best harness the energies of the sun, night sun, and moon for specific purposes, such as divination, journeying with animal spirit guides, or spiritual wisdom • Incorporates shamanic breathwork, dreamwork, mantra chanting, mudras, dancing and movement, toning, chakra work, crystals, herbs, and limpias (shamanic cleanses) • Explores how nighttime energies are affected by the phases of the moon, offering specific practices for each phase Ancient Mesoamerican shamans and modern practitioners of curanderismo--a Latin American shamanic healing practice--divide each day and night into distinct periods based on the sacred rhythms of the sun and moon, with each time offering opportunities to connect with specific celestial energies for healing and transformation. In this hands-on guide to working with the sacred energies of the sun, night sun, and moon, curandera Erika Buenaflor details the rites, rituals, and deities for each part of the day and night and explores the sacred tools and techniques used by ancient Mesoamerican shamans for harnessing solar and lunar energies. She explains how the sun is the source of soul energy that heals, animates, strengthens, and revitalizes us on many levels, while night energies are transformative and conducive for connecting with nonordinary realms. She explores rituals for dawn, sunrise, and midmorning to harness the energies of creation and new beginnings; for noon and afternoon to promote peak strength and spiritual wisdom; for sunset and dusk to bring about transformation, perform divination, and journey with animal spirit guides; and for midnight and predawn to facilitate shamanic dreamwork, connect with the ancestors, make offerings, and regenerate at the deepest levels. She also explores how nighttime energies are affected by the phases of the moon and offers specific practices for each phase. By intentionally tuning our activities to the rhythms of the sun and moon, we can invite in their sacred energies of abundance and healing for more healthy, creative, mindful, and happy lives.