Florentine Codex: Book 2: Book 2: The Ceremonies (Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain) (Volume 2)

de Sahagun, Bernardino

ISBN 10: 1607811588 / ISBN 13: 9781607811589

Published by University of Utah Press, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Florentine Codex: Book 2: Book 2: The Ceremonies (Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain) (Volume 2)
• Publisher: University of Utah Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1607811588
• ISBN 13: 9781607811589
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Two of the world’s leading scholars of the Aztec language and culture have translated SahagÚn’s monumental and encyclopedic study of native life in Mexico at the time of the Spanish Conquest. This immense undertaking is the first complete translation into any language of SahagÚn’s Nahuatl text, and represents one of the most distinguished contributions in the fields of anthropology, ethnography, and linguistics.

Written between 1540 and 1585, the Florentine Codex (so named because the manuscript has been part of the Laurentian Library’s collections since at least 1791) is the most authoritative statement we have of the Aztecs’ lifeways and traditions―a rich and intimate yet panoramic view of a doomed people.

The Florentine Codex is divided by subject area into twelve books and includes over 2,000 illustrations drawn by Nahua artists in the sixteenth century.

Book Two gives comprehensive accounts of the religious ceremonies and days of feasting during the time of the Aztecs, including prayers, songs, and the duties and roles of Aztecs inside the temples during the ceremonies. This book also details the various tributes and sacrifices given to specific gods.

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