Rhetoric and Moral Philosophy: A General History of the Things of New Spain - Brossura

De Sahagun, Bernardino

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1607811618 ISBN 13: 9781607811619

Casa editrice: Univ of Utah Pr, 2012

Riassunto

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 Six includes prayers to various gods asking for cures, riches, rain, and for the god to bless or admonish the chosen ruler. In addition to these prayers, the book displays examples of formal conversation used in Aztec life, from the ruler and ambassador to others in the noble class.

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Book by de Sahagun Bernardino

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• Editore: Univ of Utah Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1607811618
• ISBN 13: 9781607811619
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 260
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile