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

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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Diel, Lori Boornazian, 1970- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Codex Mexicanus.
Manuscripts, Mexican > Mexico > Facsimiles.
Aztecs > History > 16th century.
Indians of Mexico > History > 16th century.
Mexico > History > To 1810.
Mexico > History > Spanish colony, 1540-1810.
New Spain > History > 16th century.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.