| Florentine Codex: Book 11: Book 11: Earthly Things Volume 11 Contributor(s): De Sahagun, Bernardino (Author), Dibble, Charles E. (Translator), Anderson, Arthur J. O. (Translator) |
|
 |
ISBN: 1607811669 ISBN-13: 9781607811664 Publisher: University of Utah Press OUR PRICE: $54.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | Latin America - Mexico |
| Dewey: 972 |
| Series: Monographs of the School of American Re |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 8.4" W x 10.9" (2.50 lbs) 314 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Cultural Region - Mexican |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Two of the world's leading scholars of the Aztec language and culture have translated Sahag n'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 Sahag n'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 Eleven is a beautifully written and careful documentation of all of the animals and plants known to the Aztecs in the sixteenth century. As the volume with the most illustrations, Earthly Things allows the reader to look at the natural world through the eyes of the Aztec. |