Historia del imperio azteco : continuada hasta el año de 1607; documento pictográfico con texto en lengua nahuatl

Timespan:

Early works to 1800; To 1519; Conquest, 1519-1540; Spanish colony, 1540-1810

Date:

1873

Description:

A facsimile copy by C. Hermann Berendt of a selection from the Codex Aubin, a history in Nahuatl text and pictures of Aztec history up to 1607. Later annotations in pencil assign dates ranging from 1299 to 1607 to the events in the manuscript.

Language:

Nahuatl languages; Spanish; Castilian

Provenance:

Copied from a copy made by or for E. G. Squier (1821-1888) from the original then in the collection of J. M. A. Aubin (f. 3v), now in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.; From the collection of C. Hermann Berendt, later acquired by Daniel Garrison Brinton (ex libris stamp on title page).; Berendt, C. Hermann (Carl Hermann), 1817-1878, former owner.; Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899, former owner.

Subject:

Nahuatl language -- Texts; Nahuatl language; Language and languages; Indians of Mexico -- Languages; Nahuatl language -- Writing; Indians of Mexico -- Languages -- Early works to 1800; History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); histories (literary genre); Manuscripts, Mexican; Manuscripts, Spanish

Physical Description:

16 leaves : paper; 206 x 125 mm bound to 212 x 135 mm

Geographic Subject:

Mexico; Mexico -- Languages -- Early works to 1800; Mexico -- History -- To 1519; Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540; Mexico -- History -- Spanish colony, 1540-1810

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. 3r); Berendt gives the first words of the source manuscript as Nican ycuiliuh tican ynin xitla (f. 3v).; Pagination: Paper, 16; [vi, 1], 2-19, [vii], followed by 18 blank leaves of a different paper; page numbers in ink, upper outer corners.; Script: Written in the hand of C. Hermann Berendt.; Binding: Late 19th-century half leather.; Origin: Copied in New York in 1873.; Nahuatl, with title page and note on verso of title page in Spanish.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 700 Item 199

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection