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Portraying the Aztec Past - The Codices Boturini, Azcatitlan, and Aubin (Paperback)
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Portraying the Aztec Past - The Codices Boturini, Azcatitlan, and Aubin (Paperback)
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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.
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