This page was last edited on 9 september 2019, at 07. The codex is quite large with 1,200 folios pages and 2,468 painted illustrations. Twentyninth chapter, where it is said how, at the time the spaniards left mexico, there. Sahagun was ordered to write in nahuatl the information needed by his colleagues for the conversion of the indigenous peoples of the region. World digital library adds florentine codex library of congress. Acts of a conference held at villa i tatti and the kunsthistorisches institut in florenz mpi, florence, 12 june 2008.
General history of the things of new spain hathitrust. Acts of a conference held at villa i tatti and the kunsthistorisches institut in florenz. The harvard university center for italian renaissance studies, 28, milano 2011. This lesson explores sahaguns life, as well as the creation of the codex. General history of the things of new spain by fray bernardino. The project that this book is is amazing in its own right. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Translated from the aztec into english, with notes and illustrations, by arthur j. Nahuatl accounts of the conquest of mexico, repertorium. Florentine codex, general history of the things of new spain.
The general history of the things of new spain, by bernardino. Aztec farmers left planting and right cultivating corn with the assistance of a wooden digging tool. Monographs of the school of american research, santa fe, new mexico. Sahagun composed his book of 333 songs in the nahuatl language during the second half of the sixteenth century to promote the formation of catholic mexica better known as. It has facsimiles of two original manuscripts from the 1585 revision sahagun did to his work, as well as printed copies of the original spanish of both mss along with the english translation. General history of the things of new spain by fray. Published by the school of american research and the university of utah. Born in sahagun, spain, in 1499, he journeyed to new spain in 1529. Introductions, sahaguns prologues and interpolations, general bibliography, general indices. This lesson explores sahagun s life, as well as the creation of the codex. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Sahagun is a franciscan missionary who arrived in mexico in 1529.
He studied at the convent of salamanca, where he took the vows of the order, and in 1529 was sent out to mexico, being one of the earliest missionaries assigned to that country, where he labored until his death more than sixty years later. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. He learned nahuatl and spent more than 50 years in the study of aztec beliefs.
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