ISBN:
0714125199
Language:
English
Pages:
224 S
,
zahlr. Ill., Kt
,
26 cm
DDC:
091.0972
Keywords:
British Museum
;
Manuscripts, Mexican (Pre-Columbian)
;
Manuscripts Great Britain
;
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mexican
;
Manuscripts History
;
Mexico
;
Library Science and Publishing
;
Verzeichnis
;
Großbritannien
;
Mexiko
;
Bilderhandschrift
;
Sammlung
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
The painted books of ancient Mexico constitute a particularly important chapter of world literature. The work of the tlacuilo, or scribes, goes back thousands of years before the Spanish Conquest; their exquisite manuscripts were written and drawn on native paper or skin and, later, on European paper. The vast majority of these codices were destroyed during the invasion; a precious few have survived
Abstract:
About twenty of the finest of these are in British collections and Professor Brotherston has undertaken a close study of them, comparing them with Mexican books in America and elsewhere
Abstract:
Besides being beautiful works of art in their own right, the codices offer invaluable insights into the history, religion and legends of the ancient civilisations of Mesoamerica: the Olmec, Maya, Chichimec and Mexica (Aztec). The books meticulously record wars, conquests, dynastic disputes and the biographies of great rulers like the Mixtec king Eight Deer
Description / Table of Contents:
Bibliography: p 213 - 219. - Includes index
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