Portraying the Aztec past : the codices Boturini, Azcatitlan, and Aubin
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Portraying the Aztec past : the codices Boturini, Azcatitlan, and Aubin
（Recovering languages and literacies of the Americas）
University of Texas Press, 2019
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"First edition, 2019. First paperback reprint, 2022"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-185) and index
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During the period of Aztec expansion and empire (ca. 1325-1525), scribes of high social standing used a pictographic writing system to paint hundreds of manuscripts detailing myriad aspects of life, including historical, calendric, and religious information. Following the Spanish conquest, native and mestizo tlacuiloque (artist-scribes) of the sixteenth century continued to use pre-Hispanic pictorial writing systems to record information about native culture. Three of these manuscripts-Codex Boturini, Codex Azcatitlan, and Codex Aubin-document the origin and migration of the Mexica people, one of several indigenous groups often collectively referred to as "Aztec."
In Portraying the Aztec Past, Angela Herren Rajagopalan offers a thorough study of these closely linked manuscripts, articulating their narrative and formal connections and examining differences in format, style, and communicative strategies. Through analyses that focus on the materials, stylistic traits, facture, and narrative qualities of the codices, she places these annals in their historical and social contexts. Her work adds to our understanding of the production and function of these manuscripts and explores how Mexica identity is presented and framed after the conquest.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations and Tables
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction: Portraying the Aztec Past
Chapter 2. Codex Boturini: A Pictographic Paradigm
Chapter 3. Master and Apprentice: The Multiple Artistic Hands in Codex Azcatitlan
Chapter 4. Don Martin Ecatzin: Codex Azcatitlan's Cosmic Hero
Chapter 5. Traitors, Intrigue, and the Cosmic Cycle in Codex Azcatitlan
Chapter 6. Codex Aubin and the Influence of Printed Books
Chapter 7. Conclusion: Central Mexican Manuscript Painting in Transition
Epilogue. Life after Production
Appendix 1. Translation of the Nahuatl Glosses in Codex Azcatitlan
Appendix 2. Translation of the Nahuatl Text in Codex Aubin
Notes
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Index
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