The nahua accounts concentrate on those things that were new and strange like. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. By giving the aztec gods a grecoroman gloss, sahagun distanced the deities. Presenting these documents on a single website will open a whole. Published by the school of american research and the university of utah. General history of the things of new spain the most famous extant manuscript of the historia general is the florentine codex. The codex is quite large with 1,200 folios pages and 2,468 painted illustrations. Introductions, sahaguns prologues and interpolations, general bibliography, general indices. Spanish exploration and colonization of north america 9. In fact, the psalmodia christiana is the only work that fray bernardino ever saw in print. This lesson explores sahagun s life, as well as the creation of the codex. Pioneer ethnographer of sixteenthcentury aztec mexico studies on culture and society, vol 2 j. His work contains the matritense codex, a manuscript product of the great.
Translated from the aztec into english, with notes and illustrations, by arthur j. Mixco of leon portillas book, first published in spanish in 1999, as part of the worldwide commemoration of sahaguns fivehundredth birthday. Monographs of the school of american research, santa fe, new mexico. He attended the university of salamanca, where he was exposed to the currents of renaissance humanism. General history of the things of new spain by fray. Anderson, salt lake city, university of utah press and school of american research, 19501982, 12 vol.
Why was cholula a holy city, as documented in a heart washed in chiles pp. Twentyninth chapter, where it is said how, at the time the spaniards left mexico, there. Florentine codex, general history of the things of new. Florentine codex start download portable document format pdf and ebooks. Read and learn for free about the following article. Podras ver y comprar sus nuevos y ultimos libros, novedades, packs especiales, descargar su libro digital en pdf o epub, obras y sagas del autor. It documents the culture, religious cosmology worldview, ritual practices. The general history of the things of new spain, by. World digital library adds florentine codex library of congress. General history of the things of new spain by fray bernardino.
The general history of the things of new spain, by bernardino. He was a pioneer of modern anthropology and showed singular commitment, reticence and intelligence. Documentary heritage submitted by mexico, italy and spain and recommended for inclusion in the memory. This site is like a library, use search box in the. Fullsize color reproduction of the entire original document, bernardino sahagun. Ebook florentine codex as pdf download portable document.
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