Decoding the Codex Borgia
Visual Symbols of Time and Space in Ancient Mexico
Published on 30. April 2024
Book
Hardback
450 pages
978-0-8130-6992-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Florida
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paper over boards
Illustrations
28 color and 89 b/w illus., 22 tables
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
1030 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8130-6992-0 (9780813069920)
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04/2024
University Press of Florida
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Person
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.
Content
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
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