History and Mythology of the Aztecs: The Codex Chimalpopoca by John Bierhorst  (2)
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At last, this paperback adaptation of The Codex Mendoza places the most comprehensive, most extensively illustrated document of Aztec civilization within reach of a broad audience. Compiled in Mexico City around 1541 under the supervision of Spanish clerics, the codex was intended to inform King Charles V about his newly conquered subjects. The manuscript contains pictorial accounts of Aztec emperors' conquests and tribute paid by the conquered, as well as an ethnographic record of Aztec daily life from cradle to grave. This publication is an unsurpassed source of information about Aztec history, geography, economy, social and political organization, glyphic writing, costumes, textiles, military attire, and indigenous art styles.
The Essential Codex Mendoza combines volumes 2 and 4 of the four-volume edition of The Codex Mendoza published by the University of California Press in 1992. That publication includes a collection of interpretations and appendices (volume 1), page-by-page descriptions of the codex (volume 3), a color facsimile of Codex Mendoza (volume 2), and parallel-image replicas of each pictorial folio with transcriptions and translations of the Spanish commentaries and translations of the Spanish glosses (volume 4). Volumes 2 and 4 thus provide, in detail, the basic pictorial and descriptive information contained in the original codex; these are the "essentials" that make up the paperback edition. With the exception of a few minor emendations, this current book reproduces the pages of these two 1992 volumes, plus sixteen color folios from the facsimile, volume 3.
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Text: English, Spanish
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At last, this paperback adaptation of The Codex Mendoza places the most comprehensive, most extensively illustrated document of Aztec civilization within reach of a broad audience. Compiled in Mexico City around 1541 under the supervision of Spanish clerics, the codex was intended to inform King Charles V about his newly conquered subjects. The manuscript contains pictorial accounts of Aztec emperors' conquests and tribute paid by the conquered, as well as an ethnographic record of Aztec daily life from cradle to grave. This publication is an unsurpassed source of information about Aztec history, geography, economy, social and political organization, glyphic writing, costumes, textiles, military attire, and indigenous art styles.
The Essential Codex Mendoza combines volumes 2 and 4 of the four-volume edition of The Codex Mendoza published by the University of California Press in 1992. That publication includes a collection of interpretations and appendices (volume 1), page-by-page descriptions of the codex (volume 3), a color facsimile of Codex Mendoza (volume 2), and parallel-image replicas of each pictorial folio with transcriptions and translations of the Spanish commentaries and translations of the Spanish glosses (volume 4). Volumes 2 and 4 thus provide, in detail, the basic pictorial and descriptive information contained in the original codex; these are the "essentials" that make up the paperback edition. With the exception of a few minor emendations, this current book reproduces the pages of these two 1992 volumes, plus sixteen color folios from the facsimile, volume 3.
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Text: English, Spanish
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Folio 2r, a pictorial representation of the Mexica's founding of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec empire's capital, is one of the most complex and informative pages of Codex Mendoza. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
estan figuradas, cuexyo shield, que tributavan, vna vez, henequen mantas, one warrior costume, xicalcoliuhqui shield, estan figurados, mantas grandes, rich mantas, seys meses, two warrior costumes, tribute tally, large white cotton cloaks, clothing tribute, maguey honey, cada vna, esta figurado, partida segunda, ordinary feathers, esta declarado, rich yellow feathers, town glyphs, partida primera, white mantas Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Codex Mendoza, Triple Alliance, Alvarado Tezozomoc, Primeros Memoriales, Valley of Mexico, Motecuhzoma Ilhuicamina, Alva Ixtlilxochitl, Image Descriptions, Diaz del Castillo, Florentine Codex, Imperial Boundary, Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin, Codex Telleriano-Remensis, Codex Borbonicus, Codex Magliabecbiano, Matricula de Tributos, Codex Borgia, Michael Smith, Provincial Boundary Independent, Codex Laud, Codex Magliabechiano, Codex Tudela, Lake Texcoco, Gonzilez de Cossio,
Folio 2r, a pictorial representation of the Mexica's founding of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec empire's capital, is one of the most complex and informative pages of Codex Mendoza. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
estan figuradas, cuexyo shield, que tributavan, vna vez, henequen mantas, one warrior costume, xicalcoliuhqui shield, estan figurados, mantas grandes, rich mantas, seys meses, two warrior costumes, tribute tally, large white cotton cloaks, clothing tribute, maguey honey, cada vna, esta figurado, partida segunda, ordinary feathers, esta declarado, rich yellow feathers, town glyphs, partida primera, white mantas Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Codex Mendoza, Triple Alliance, Alvarado Tezozomoc, Primeros Memoriales, Valley of Mexico, Motecuhzoma Ilhuicamina, Alva Ixtlilxochitl, Image Descriptions, Diaz del Castillo, Florentine Codex, Imperial Boundary, Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin, Codex Telleriano-Remensis, Codex Borbonicus, Codex Magliabecbiano, Matricula de Tributos, Codex Borgia, Michael Smith, Provincial Boundary Independent, Codex Laud, Codex Magliabechiano, Codex Tudela, Lake Texcoco, Gonzilez de Cossio,