Aztec Codices
Codex Borbonicus is one of the most famous of all Aztec codices and was compiled by Aztec priests around the time of the Spanish conquest. This codex consists of a 14.2 meter long sheet of amatl parchment.
Florentine Codex: Remarkable Manuscripts About Life Of The …
2016年11月15日 · The Florentine Codex has 12 sections on subjects such as the gods and ceremonies; creation, soothsayers, omens, prayers and theology, the Sun, Moon, and stars and the calendar, kings and lords, merchants, peoples, earthly things (animals, plants, metals, stones, colors), and the conquest of Mexico.
The codex dates to 1541-1542 and contains a history of Aztec rulers, Aztec conquests, and information about daily life, provided in pictographs by Aztec scribes with translations and explanations in Spanish.
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Only 15 pre-Columbian Mesoamerican codices survive today—none of them Aztec, but from other cultures of about the same time. However, hundreds of colonial-era codices survive—those that carry the art of the tlacuilo (codex painters) but with Nahuatl and Spanish written commentary or …
Codex Ixtlilxochitl - Wikipedia
The Codex Ixtlilxochitl (Nahuatl for "black-faced flower [1]") is a pictorial Aztec Codex created between 1580 and 1584, after the arrival of the Conquistadors and during the early Spanish colonial period.
Aztec codices - New World Encyclopedia
The Boturini Codex was painted by an unknown Aztec author some time between 1530 and 1541, roughly a decade after the Spanish conquest of Mexico. Pictorial in nature, it tells the story of the legendary Aztec journey from Aztlán to the Valley of Mexico.
Aztec Codices: A Window into an Ancient Civilization
The art depicted in the codices echoes the broader artistic traditions of the Aztecs, which included sculpture, pottery, and architecture. The themes represented in the codices reflect the preoccupations of the Aztec people: their relationship with nature, their gods, and one another.
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2024年7月22日 · Unlike the politically oriented Codex Mendoza, Codex Borgia contains images of Aztec gods, rituals, and the Aztec worldview. It features complex illustrations of gods like Quetzalcoatl and Tlaloc, as well as calendars and star observations.
Aztec/Mixtec Codex Images of Deities, in Reproduction: …
2024年9月11日 · Aztec/Mixtec Codex Images of Deities, in Reproduction: Researched by Katie Kimbrough October, 2020 by Sarah Teel The plaques in this display illustrate colorfully painted brass figures, each on a blackened wooden base.
History in Pictures: Translating the Codex Mendoza | Art History ...
2015年8月17日 · In Mexico City around 1542, artists and scribes created the pictorial manuscript we know as the Codex Mendoza (plate 1 and plate 2). 2 To make it, indigenous artists painted colourful figures that recorded information about Aztec history, tributary practices, and social life. 3 Some of the drawings adhere to pre-Hispanic pictorial conventions ...