Codex Borbonicus Veintena Imagery

Visualizing History, Time, and Ritual in Aztec Solar-Year Festivals

AvCatherine DiCesare

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Del i serien Visual and Material Culture, 1300-1700

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Beskrivning

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

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-09-19
Mått:174 x 246 x undefined mm
Vikt:560 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Visual and Material Culture, 1300-1700
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:Amsterdam University Press
ISBN:9789463721394

Utforska kategorier

Konsthistoria inom Kultur
Bokkonst, bokformgivning inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

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.

Innehållsförteckning

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.