A copy of Nahuatl text from the first book of Bernardino de Sahagún's Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España, a work in 12 books on Aztec culture, followed by 28 facsimile plates of mythological or ritual figures or scenes.
Language:
Nahuatl languages
Provenance:
Copied from the 16th-century Códice Florentino in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, for Daniel Garrison Brinton.; From the collection of Daniel Garrison Brinton (ex libris stamp on title page).; Brinton, Daniel G. 1837-1899, former owner.
120 leaves : paper, color illustrations; 166 x 115 (124 x 94) mm bound to 173 x 143 mm
Geographic Subject:
Mexico; Mexico -- Languages -- Early works to 1800
Rights:
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Notes:
Ms. codex.; Born in 1499; student at the University of Salamanca; entered the Franciscan order in 1524.; Title from title page (f. 1).; Foliation: Paper, 120; text, 1-91, foliation in ink, upper center recto; illustrations, 1-21, modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto, and I-VII, contemporary foliation in ink, upper right of image. All leaves and plates are mounted on guards.; Layout: Written in 11-17 long lines, ruled in pencil.; Decoration: 28 illustrations, drawn in ink and colored with watercolor; 21 of the illustrations show single mythological figures carrying shields and weapons, with names written in ink; 7 illustrations at the end appear to show ritual scenes with groups.; Binding: Late 19th-century gold-tooled leather; spine marked Sahagun, Lib. I, MS.; Origin: Copied in Florence, Italy, 1889.; Nahuatl, with title page in Spanish and English.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 700 Item 195
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