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Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain. Book 1 - The Gods (Volume 1) - Hardcover
Synopsis
Two of the world’s leading scholars of the Aztec language and culture have translated Sahagún’s monumental and encyclopedic study of native life in Mexico at the time of the Spanish Conquest. This immense undertaking is the first complete translation into any language of Sahagún’s Nahuatl text, and represents one of the most distinguished contributions in the fields of anthropology, ethnography, and linguistics.
Written between 1540 and 1585, the Florentine Codex...
About the Author
Arthur J. O. Anderson (1907-1996) was an anthropologist specializing in Aztec culture and language. He received his MA from Claremont College and his PhD in anthropology from the University of Southern California. He was a curator of history and director of publications at the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe and taught at a number of institutions, including San Diego State University, from which he retired.
Charles...
Review
“Highly recommended for all academic and large public libraries.”—Choice
“A great scholarly enterprise.”—New Mexico Historical Review
“Bringing the knowledge of modern scholarship to bear on their materials, the translators have been able to illuminate many obscurities in the text. The complete series of volumes is a landmark of scholarly achievement.”—The New Mexican
“This publication of Sahagún makes available to scholars and their students alike the original Nahuatl text for comparison with the...
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- PublisherUniversity of Utah Press
- Publication date1970
- ISBN 10 0874800005
- ISBN 13 9780874800005
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages89
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