CODEX TELLERIANO-REMENSIS- Aztec Manuscript of Ritual, Divination, History Folio

Description: CODEX TELLERIANO-REMENSIS- Aztec Manuscript of Ritual, Divination, History Folio CODEX TELLERIANO-REMENSIS RITUAL, DIVINATION, AND HISTORY IN A PICTORIAL AZTEC MANUSCRIPT by Eloise Quinones Keber Foreword by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie Illustrations by Michel Besson University of Texas Press, 1995. Original edition. Hardcover. black brushed cloth, red illustrated dust jacket. Folio (33 cm. tall). xiv, 365 pages: illustrations (many in color), maps; bibliographical references (pages [337]-347) and index. The first publication of the complete Codex. Codex Telleriano-Remensis From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Codex Telleriano-Remensis, produced in sixteenth century Mexico on European paper, is one of the finest surviving examples of Aztec manuscript painting. It holds the earliest written evidence of earthquakes in the Americas. Its Latinized name comes from Charles-Maurice Le Tellier, archbishop of Reims, who had possession of the manuscript in the late 17th century. The Codex is held at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris. Contents The Codex Telleriano-Remensis is divided into three sections. The first section, spanning the first seven pages, describes the 365-day solar calendar, called the xiuhpohualli. The second section, spanning pages 8 to 24, is a tonalamatl, describing the 260-day tonalpohualli calendar. The third section is a history, itself divided into two sections which differ stylistically. Pages 25 to 28 are an account of migrations during the 12th and 13th centuries, while the remaining pages of the codex record historical events, such as the ascensions and deaths of rulers, battles, earthquakes, and eclipses, from the 14th century to the 16th century, including events of early Colonial Mexico. Earthquakes The codex contains twelve references to a series of earthquakes that occurred between 1460 and 1542. This was found by Gerardo Suárez and Virginia García-Acosta to be the earliest references to seismic activity in the Americas. Suárez commented that the find was not surprising since earthquakes were both frequent in the area and important to Mesoamerican cosmology. Reproductions In 1995, a reproduction of the Codex Telleriano-Remensis made from films was published by the University of Texas, with commentary by Eloise Quiñones Keber. During the process of photographing and re-binding the manuscript for this publication, two pages were accidentally swapped, and appear as such in the facsimile: page 13, with Tecziztecatl on the recto and Nahui Ehecatl on the verso; and page 19, with Tamoanchan on the recto and Xolotl on the verso. 6 lb shipping weight. CONDITION: Fine Book in Fine Dust jacket. Check our other auctions and store listings for additional unusual items Check our other auctions and store listings for additional unusual items Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

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