Florentine codex project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Two of the worlds leading scholars of the aztec language and culture hav. Photos of pages from the sar archives, sar press, book projects, florentine codex, book 11, part 1, chapter 1 earthly things, left, and book 12, part 3. Florentine codex, book 12, ch 01 early nahuatl library. A vital record of mexican indigenous created under quarantine. Book xi, the longest in the codex, is a treatise on natural history. The conquest of mexico florentine codex, a general history.
Other articles where florentine codex is discussed. The conquest of mexico florentine codex, book 12 the. A vital record of mexican indigenous created under. Oct 31, 2012 the florentine codex, a unique manuscript dating from 1577 preserved in the medicea laurenziana library in florence, is for the first time available online in digital format, the library of congress announced today. Gods, religious beliefs and rituals, cosmology, and moral philosophy, humanity society, politics, economics, including anatomy and disease, natural history. Following the traditional division of knowledge common to many european encyclopedic works, the florentine codex deals with all things divine or rather idolatrous. Florentine codex, book 12, ch 01 fcbk12ch01f03r00 folio 3 recto. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Book eleven is a beautifully written and careful documentation of all of the animals and plants known to the aztecs in the sixteenth century. The florentine codex an encyclopedia of the nahua world in. World digital library adds florentine codex library of. Visual and textual dialogues in colonial mexico and europe video 5 of 5 duration. Book 12 describes the arrival of spaniards in 1519 to what is today mexico, and the war on tenochtitlan, the mexica capital of the aztec empire. This is book 12, chapter 14 of the florentine codex, also known as the general history of the things of new spain.
Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. We have new and used copies available, in 0 edition starting at. A codex muy historiado jeanette favrot peterson chapter 2. The first italian translation ida giovanna rao chapter 3. A detail from book 9 of the florentine codex shows a feather worker preparing tropical bird feathers for a feather mosaic. The conquest of mexico florentine codex, book 12 the core. The florentine codex, a unique manuscript dating from 1577 preserved in the medicea laurenziana library in florence, is for the first time available online in digital format, the library of congress announced today. These practice questions will help you master the material. This vast work documents in 12 books the religion, natural history, cultural practices and first decades of the fall of precolumbian mesoamerica.
Two of the worlds leading scholars of the aztec language and culture have translated sahaguns monumental and encyclope. The first page of book 12 of the florentine codex, showing the arrival of the spanish to the gulf of mexico. This vast work documents in 12 books the religion, natural history, cultural practices and first. This particular book is about the spanish invasion of mexico in 1519 and their eventual consolidation of power in the capital. This vast work documents in 12 books the religion, natural history, cultural practices and first decades of the fall of pre. This is an english language translation of the original sidebyside spanish. The twelve books of the florentine codex are organized in the following way. How a vital record of mexican indigenous life was created. The research institute will also produce a standalone study of book 12 of the florentine codex as a digital anthology of new scholarly research that foregrounds indigenous perspectives on the conquest. The florentine codex has 12 sections on subjects such as the gods and ceremonies. Book twelve contains a meticulous retelling of the spanish conquest of mexico, from the days leading up to the first arrival of cortes to the eventual submission of the tlatilulcans, the tenochtitlans, and their rulers to the spaniards.
Book twelve contains a meticulous retelling of the spanish conquest of mexico, from the days leading up to the first arrival of cortes to the eventual submission of the tlatilulcans, the. Book one describes in detail the gods of the aztec people, including uitzilopochtli, tlatoc, and quetzalcoatl. Mar 26, 2020 in 1577, a generation after the conquest of mexico, a unique illustrated book was completed. And when the spaniards had arrived at xoloco, moctezuma dressed and prepared himself to meet them with. General history of the things of new spain by fray. Reading between the lines of book 12 kevin terraciano chapter 4. Florentine codex, book 12, ch 14 early nahuatl library. James lockhart has provided us with his transcription of the nahuatl and its translation to english. Called the florentine codex, because its housed in florence, the manuscript documents the culture, politics, natural science, and history of the aztecs a group of nahuatlspeaking people who dominated large parts of central mexico between 1428 and 1521.
Sahagun is a franciscan missionary who arrived in mexico in 1529. Florentine codex, book 12, ch 14 fcbk12ch14f21v00 folio 21 verso. The 16th century codex was created, in part, during a pandemic. World digital library adds florentine codex library of congress. My translation this version of the codice florentine is based on the version of the codex held in florence as well as on the summary of the original codex. General history of the things of new spain by fray bernardino. Dufendach says that spanish texts frequently frame the smallpox pandemics as an act of god.
Take a quick interactive quiz on the concepts in aztec florentine codex. The franciscan missionary sahagun presaged modern ethnography when, beginning the 1540s, he initiated a project to better comprehend preconquest aztec ideology and culture, interviewing elderly elites and having the data transcribed and illustrated by multilingual native scholars over a period of some thirty years. The death of moctezuma, from the florentine codex, book 12. Commonly referred to as the florentine codex, the manuscript consists of 12 books devoted to different topics. Mar 26, 2020 a detail from book 9 of the florentine codex shows a feather worker preparing tropical bird feathers for a feather mosaic. General history things new spain conquest mexico book 12. Biblioteca medicea laurenziana by permission of mibact these different worldviews are brought to bear in the sections that describe disease. Nov 15, 2016 eagle and jaguar warriors, florentine codex book. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The florentine codex is divided by subject area into twelve books and includes over 2,000 illustrations drawn by nahua artists in the sixteenth century. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Book xii recounts the spanish conquest of mexico, which took place between 1519, when cortes landed on the coast with just over 100 men and a few horses, and 1521, when tenochtitlan was taken and the aztecs subjugated.
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