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The Codex Borgia: A Full-Color Restoration of the Ancient Mexican Manuscript (Dover Fine Art, History of Art) Paperback – June 22, 1993

by Gisele Díaz (Author), Alan Rodgers (Author)

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Considered by many scholars the finest extant Mexican codex and one of the most important original sources for the study of pre-Columbian religion, the Codex Borgia is a work of profound beauty, filled with strange and evocative images related to calendrical, cosmological, ritual, and divinatory matters. Generally similar to such Mixtec manuscripts as the Codex Nuttall, the Codex Borgia is thought to have its origin (ca. A.D. 1400) in the southern central highlands of Mexico, perhaps in Puebla or Oaxaca. It is most probably a religious document that once belonged to a temple or sacred shrine.
One use of the Codex many have been to divine the future, for it includes ritual 260 day calendars, material on aspects of the planet Venus, and a sort of numerological prognostic of the lives of wedded couples. Another section concerns various regions of the world and the supernatural characters and attributes of those regions. Also described are the characteristics of a number of deities, while still other passages relate to installation ceremonies of rulers in pre-Columbian kingdoms.
Until the publication of this Dover edition, the Codex Borgia has been largely inaccessible to the general public. The priceless original is in the Vatican Library and previous photographic facsimiles are very rare or very expensive or both. Moreover, the original Codex has been damaged over the centuries, resulting in the obscuration and loss of many images. In order to recapture the beauty and grandeur of the original, Gisele Diaz and Alan Rodgers have painstakingly restored the Codex by hand— a seven-year project — employing the most scrupulous research and restoration techniques. The result is 76 large full-color plates of vibrant, striking depictions of gods, kings, warriors, mythical creatures, and mysterious abstract designs — a vivid panorama that offers profound insights into pre-Columbian Mexican myth and ritual. Now students, anthropologists, lovers of fine art and rare books — anyone interested in the art and culture of ancient Mexico — can study the Codex Borgia in this inexpensive, accurate, well-made edition. An informative introduction by noted anthropologist Bruce E. Byland places the Codex in its historical context and helps elucidate its meaning and significance.

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Plate 48: Page 2 of Three Groups of Five Deities	Plate 41: Page 13 of the Ritual Sequence, a Blue Road and a Cogged Disc on Stripe Eye's Journey	Plate 28: The Five Directions with Rain Deities and the First Five Years of a 52-year Calendar Cycle.

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Considered by many scholars the finest extant Mexican codex and one of the most important original sources for the study of pre-Columbian religion, the Codex Borgia is a work of profound beauty, filled with strange and evocative images related to calendrical, cosmological, ritual, and divinatory matters. Generally similar to such Mixtec manuscripts as the Codex Nuttall, the Codex Borgia is thought to have its origin (ca. A.D. 1400) in the southern central highlands of Mexico, perhaps in Puebla or Oaxaca. It is most probably a religious document that once belonged to a temple or sacred shrine.
One use of the Codex many have been to divine the future, for it includes ritual 260 day calendars, material on aspects of the planet Venus, and a sort of numerological prognostic of the lives of wedded couples. Another section concerns various regions of the world and the supernatural characters and attributes of those regions. Also described are the characteristics of a number of deities, while still other passages relate to installation ceremonies of rulers in pre-Columbian kingdoms.
Until the publication of this Dover edition, the Codex Borgia has been largely inaccessible to the general public. The priceless original is in the Vatican Library and previous photographic facsimiles are very rare or very expensive or both. Moreover, the original Codex has been damaged over the centuries, resulting in the obscuration and loss of many images. In order to recapture the beauty and grandeur of the original, Gisele Diaz and Alan Rodgers have painstakingly restored the Codex by hand—a seven-year project—employing the most scrupulous research and restoration techniques. The result is 76 large full-color plates of vibrant, striking depictions of gods, kings, warriors, mythical creatures, and mysterious abstract designs—a vivid panorama that offers profound insights into pre-Columbian Mexican myth and ritual. Now students, anthropologists, lovers of fine art and rare books— anyone interested in the art and culture of ancient Mexico—can study the Codex Borgia in this inexpensive, accurate, well-made edition. An informative introduction by noted anthropologist Bruce E. Byland places the Codex in its historical context and helps elucidate its meaning and significance.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dover Publications; First Edition (June 22, 1993)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 112 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0486275698
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0486275697
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 0.5 x 12 inches

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Born August 11, 1959 in Montclair, NJ Died March 8, 2014 in Anaheim, CA

Rodgers was a science fiction and horror writer, editor and poet.

In the early eighties he was Associate Editor for Rod Serling's Twilight Zone Magazine(1984-1987). Soon after he initiated another project as the Editor of the spin-off horror digest Night Cry(1985-1987). His stories have been published in a number of venues including Weird Tales, Twilight Zone and a number of anthologies such as Darker Masques, Prom Night and Vengeance Fantastic.

He began publishing fantasy with Bram Stoker Award for Best Long Form Fiction winner and World Fantasy Award nominee the novelette "The Boy Who Came Back From the Dead"(1987). His debut horror novel "Blood of the Children"(1989) was a Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best First Horror Novel. Other novels to follow were "Fire"(1990), "Night"(1991), "Pandora"(1995), Stoker Award nominee "Bone Music"(1995), "The Bear Who Found Christmas"(2000) and "Her Misbegotten Son"(2000).

Rodgers is also known for such works as "Alien Love", "The River of Our Destiny", "Angel of Our Mercy" and "Light"

There were two collections of his fiction, "New Life For the Dead"(1992) and "Ghosts Who Cannot Sleep"(2000).

He is survived by his three children, Andrea, Alexandra and Abram and his three siblings, Jyaphia, Laurie and Scott as well as his long term romantic interest fiction author Amy Sterling Casil.

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beautiful

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fantastic book. the entire codex IN COLOR.

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Llegó a tiempo y en buen estado

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scott

Amazing artwork , printed beautifully.

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The detail of the pictures was very smooth, colors were as they should be. Very happy to read this picture book

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Bara

Delighful Mexican Art

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This book is full of artful and colorful drawings from the ancient Mexican books. It shows their habits, sacred rituals, clothing, and symbols. The images are delightful, some cruel as it was the custom before Christ taught Love. This custom has not changed even in Christian countries: Animals are treated brutally in facfarms and medlabs, although Christ died for the animals as "Lamb of God."

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humblebumble

Great cheap version of the Borgia Codex

Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2011

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Be warned that you must compare the images from this reproduction to the original, for three reasons: 1) sometimes the authors of this reproduction use colors that do not match the original codex, 2) sometimes the authors of this reproduction place the wrong imagery in the reproduction, for example a monkey's head instead of a humans head, and 3)Sometimes the authors speculate as to what might have been on a page and they use their own judgment, which might be wrong.

Other than that, this is a great reproduction of the Borgia codex. It is cheap, it is light and it is well made. Another thing to keep in mind, the codex borgia is read left to right, this reproduction was printed right to left, so it forces you to read the codex in the wrong direction.

Look at the "plate number" and the page number in the book, they do not match. Also notice that the plate number is in descending order.

Update Edit: 2017 -- I still own this book, though I do not use it super often. I would recommend this as a cheap and easy to buy version of the Borgia, just keep in mind that it is not 100% accurate compared to the original. If you have the money, and you can find a copy, your best bet would be a facsimile. But be prepared to spend 100s of dollars.

For the average user, this book does the job, especially at the price point.

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Take a class

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Take a class that requires the Codex Borgia otherwise you won't understand it. Even if you're interested or curious about ancient cultures of mexico, that's irrelevant. This book should be sold for classroom use only but it's not so there are long-winded negative reviews. Take a class.

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Mondo

Magnificent reproduction of the Mixtec Codex

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2008

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This Codex is remarkable at any price. The colors and reproductions are simply gorgeous and the text is helpful. Present are a bewildering number of religious pictograms, some calendric and other representing the mystical or dreamlike journey of the strange character 'one-eye.'

The characters are, overwhelmingly, bloodsoaked and violent. There is decapitation, dismemberment and heart sacrifice. This document gives the lie to those anthropologists who claim that the mesoamerican societies are 'misunderstood' and were not human sacrificial--that tales of human sacrifice and cannibalism were tales perpetrated by the Conquistadores to justify their conquest and subjugation of gentle cultures.

Well, not quite. Judging my this and other codices, as well as archaeologic revelations, suggest that these societies were just as bloodstained as advertised. This is not to justify the Spanish Conquest but just a simple fact.

At the same time, many of the characters in this codex require major interpretation. Virtually everything is split, injured or vomits blood. Depictions of people [children?] being tortured and blinded are especially disturbing. Nevertheless, this is a document well worth owning.

Ron Braithwaite author of novels--"Skull Rack" and "Hummingbird God"--on the Spanish Conquest of Mexic

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Great

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Another great addition to any book collection

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Erick México

Excelente artículo, gran calidad de imágenes.

Reviewed in Mexico on May 15, 2021

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Hola, escribo está reseña para las personas que buscan información acerca de cómo es el artículo y estén seguros de que es lo que buscan. Este artículo tiene gran valor por la calidad de las imágenes ya que a modo de Facsimilar todas las imágenes están reconstruidas por lo cual están definidas y tienen colores vivos, a diferencia de otros que las imágenes son fotografías del original y por más que uno trate de ver el detalle tienes que terminar consultando libros de este tipo por lo cual es una gran ventaja, otra característica es que literal tiene el formato y la calidad de una buena revista de cualquier supermercado lo que la hace accesible al bolsillo pero si fuese un trabajo de pasta dura de materiales de lujo estaría estupendo no por ello pierde su calidad las hojas son de un terminado brillante y se ve genial, contiene al principio una pequeña reseña del significado del códice pero viene en inglés por lo cual hay que tener conocimiento de la lengua o utilizar un traductor lo cual ya no es problema en estos tiempos de la tecnología, y por último de verdad que para los que buscamos este tipo de información y de calidad de imágenes no es nada fácil es 100 % recomendable yo quedé más que satisfecho es un gran libro por lo que representa y es de gran valor como material de estudio o trabajo para los que se dedican al tema definitivamente no se arrepentirán de adquirirlo.

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Muy bueno

Reviewed in Spain on August 1, 2023

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Imágenes grandes a todo color y explicación de las mismas. Perfecto.

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A CANADIAN BUYER

Beautiful book

Reviewed in Canada on December 26, 2017

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Beautiful and interesting Codex

Steve Hammond

Beautiful Reconstruction, meagre commentary.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 26, 2018

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This is an amazing reconstruction of the original Codex Borgia, hand painted on deer skin over years of dedicated care and attention.

The artwork is brimming with detail that is absurd, violent, disturbing, amusing and beautiful, I see something new everytime I browse the 76 colour plates. It depicts gods, a 260 day calendar, calendrical relationships between gods, places and directions to name a few. It is clearly brimming with detail that was all highly relevant and sacred to its original readers.

A begrudging complaint is that this book's commentary does not go into any deep detail about all of this visual detail. In its defence the book never claims to give an in depth commentary but if you are buying it for that purpose you may be disappointed. It does provide a bibliography to pursue further reading but seeing as this was published in 1993 I don't know how widely or cheaply available much of this material is.

The commentary is however serviceable and gives you a basic outline of what your brain is trying to comprehend as you scan the menagerie of animated figures and creatures within its pages. There is an earnest attempt to explain the 260 day calendar and the calendrical representations that the Codex Borgia is almost entirely composed of.

If you love mesoamerica, art, history or the utter bizarre then you should add this to your library.

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Leslecturesdophechups

Reproduction d'excellente qualité

Reviewed in France on October 5, 2016

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Livre en anglais, prix un peu cher à mon goût... certes, mais tout cela est vite oublié face à la qualité de la reproduction et les bonnes analyses.
En format papier, c'est quand même bien plus confortable pour regarder, scruter, analyser le moindre détail et comprendre peu à peu les mystères de ce magnifique codex.

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