This work examines the Codex Borbonicus, a 16th-century Mexica (Aztec) pictorial manuscript documenting 18 twenty-day festival periods (veintenas) of the 365-day solar year
Catherine R. DiCesare is an Associate Professor of Art History in the Department of Art and Art History at Colorado State University. She holds a Ph.D. in Pre-Columbian Art History. Her specialty is the art of the ancient Americas. Her research focuses primarily on Mexican pictorial manuscripts, calendars, and rituals.
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Acknowledgements, Introduction, Chapter 1: Time, History, and the Calendars of the Mexican Codex Borbonicus, Chapter 2: Tlaloc Rites and Mountain Feasts: The Veintena Festivals of Tozoztontli and Huey Tozoztli, Chapter 3: In Search of Jades and Quetzal Plumes: The Veintena Feasts of Tecuilhuitontli and Huey Tecuilhuitl, Chapter 4: Pulque Revelry in the Mexican Veintena of Quecholli, Chapter 5: The Emergence of a New Sun: The Veintena of Panquetzaliztli and the New Fire Ceremony, Concluding Remarks, Bibliography, Index.
