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Milbrath, Susan

 
9780813069920: Decoding the Codex Borgia: Visual Symbols of Time and Space in Ancient Mexico
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ISBN 10 : 0813069920 ISBN 13 : 9780813069920
Editeur : University Press of Florida, 2024

Synopsis

Exploring the meanings in the intricate symbolism of a rare Precolumbian manuscript



This
book explores the rich symbolism of the Codex Borgia, a masterpiece of
Precolumbian art dating to the fifteenth century, one of the few
surviving books from before the Spanish conquest of Mexico. Susan
Milbrath uses information from the fields of art history, anthropology,
ethnohistory, natural history, and cultural astronomy to show how the
manuscript's intricate and colorful imagery conveys complex ideas
related to Mesoamerican myths and religion.



Milbrath sets
the work in historical context, establishing its provenance in the
Puebla-Tlaxcala Valley of Central Mexico and pinpointing the date it was
painted based on rain almanacs found in its pages. She offers a new
interpretation of a unique narrative section that has long intrigued
scholars, arguing that the ceremonial variations depicted in it are
related to the solar cycle. Overall, this book opens new doors in the
study of the Codex Borgia by identifying seasonal imagery in the
narrative and associated astronomical events, especially those that
involve the three brightest objects in the sky: the sun, the moon, and
Venus. Decoding the Codex Borgia is an illuminating journey into the culture and cosmology of the Aztecs and their neighboring communities.

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À propos de l'auteur

Susan Milbrath, emeritus curator of Latin American art and archaeology
at the Florida Museum of Natural History, is coeditor of Cosmology, Calendars, and Horizon-Based Astronomy in Ancient
Mesoamerica and the author of Star
Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars.

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Éditeur
University Press of Florida
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0813069920
ISBN 13 
9780813069920
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
450
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Mare Nostrum Group B.V.
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