Decoding the Codex Borgia

Visual Symbols of Time and Space in Ancient Mexico

Susan Milbrath (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

450 Seiten

2024
University Press of Florida (Verlag)
978-0-8130-6992-0 (ISBN)

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Explores the rich symbolism of the Codex Borgia, a masterpiece of Pre-Columbian art dating to the fifteenth century, showing how the manuscript’s intricate and colorful imagery conveys complex ideas related to Mesoamerican myths and religion.

This book explores the rich symbolism of the Codex Borgia, a masterpiece of Pre-Columbian art dating to the fifteenth century, showing how the manuscript’s intricate and colorful imagery conveys complex ideas related to Mesoamerican myths and religion.

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.

Contents
List of Figures ix
List of Color Plates xi List of Sky Maps xiii
List of Synopsis Plates xv List of Tables xvii Preface xix Acknowledgments xxvii
1. Setting the Stage for Study of the Codex Borgia 1
2. Scholarly Research on the Unique Narrative on Borgia 29–46 46
3. Seasonality in the Central Mexican Festivals and the Borgia Narrative 59
4. Calendar Round Almanacs in the Codex Borgia 85
5. Deities of the Sun and Moon in Borgia Group Codices 115
6. Lunar Phases and Eclipses in the Borgia Group Codices 153
7. Celestial Cycles in the Codex Borgia Narrative 171
8. How Can the Codex Borgia Be Decoded? 228
Appendix A. Aztec Gods Associated with the Twenty Trecena Periods and Their Associated Fates 271
Glossary 283
Notes 289
Bibliography 379
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	02.05.2024
Zusatzinfo	28 color and 89 b/w illus., 22 tables
Verlagsort	Florida
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	438 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-8130-6992-0 / 0813069920
ISBN-13	978-0-8130-6992-0 / 9780813069920
Zustand	Neuware