Susan Milbrath, emeritus curator of Latin American art and archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History, is coeditor of Cosmology, Calendars, and Horizon-Based Astronomy in Ancient Mesoamerica and the author of Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars.

• ContentsList of Figures ixList of Color Plates xi List of Sky Maps xiiiList of Synopsis Plates xv List of Tables xvii Preface xix Acknowledgments xxvii1. Setting the Stage for Study of the Codex Borgia 12. Scholarly Research on the Unique Narrative on Borgia 29–46 463. Seasonality in the Central Mexican Festivals and the Borgia Narrative 594. Calendar Round Almanacs in the Codex Borgia 855. Deities of the Sun and Moon in Borgia Group Codices 1156. Lunar Phases and Eclipses in the Borgia Group Codices 1537. Celestial Cycles in the Codex Borgia Narrative 1718. How Can the Codex Borgia Be Decoded? 228Appendix A. Aztec Gods Associated with the Twenty Trecena Periods and Their Associated Fates 271Glossary 283Notes 289Bibliography 379Index