The Codex Borgia: A Full-Color Restoration of the Ancient Mexican Manuscript (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)

by Gisele Díaz

Other authorsAlan Rodgers (Author), Bruce E. Byland (Introduction)
Unbound paper, 1993

Status

Available

Call number

299.792

Tags

Codices, Borgian Codex, Native Americans, Aztec, Codex Borgia, Aztec Religion, Mixtec Codex, Ritual Calendar, Mexico and Central America

Genres

Collection

Greg

Publication

Dover Publications (1993), Edition: 1st Printing, 112 pages

Description

First publication of remarkable repainting of outstanding Mexican codex -- priceless original is in Vatican Library -- thought to have originated in the Cholula area, ca. AD 1400. 76 large full-color plates show an astounding array of gods, kings, warriors, mythical creatures, and abstract designs. A work of rare power and beauty. Introduction.

Subjects

Aztec calendar
Aztec mythology
Aztecs History
Codex Borgianus

Language

English

Original language

Arabic

Original publication date

1993

Physical description

112 p.; 8.2 inches

ISBN

0486275698 / 9780486275697

UPC

800759275694

Local notes

Copy of a Mixtec/Aztec Codex, :Tut yehe dahui quevui, or Tonalpohualli Book of Days, a Handbook of the 260 day ritual calendar. Greg Stafford took the book apart and reassembled it in the order of the original codex, a long folded scroll, illustrated on both sides. There are handwritten notes describing the illustrations, their symbols, and the deities depicted. The English portions of the book are not included in this codex; see the Codex Borgia intact book. A gift of the estate of Greg Stafford.

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