book chapter

General history of the things of New Spain: Florentine codex: book 1 -- the gods

The School of American Research and the University of Utah (14) (2) • Published In 1950 • Pages: vi, 46 , 9 plates

By: Sahagún, Bernadino de, -1590, Anderson, Arthur J. O, Dibble, Charles E..

Abstract
The Franciscan missionary Sahagún presaged modern ethnography when, beginning the 1540s, he initiated a project to better comprehend pre-Conquest Aztec ideology and culture, interviewing elderly elites and having the data transcribed and illustrated by multilingual native scholars over a period of some thirty years. This is an English language translation of the original side-by-side Spanish and Nahuatl text. It enumerates the gods, including their shrines and artistic representations, attendants and worshipers, and associated ritual practices.
Subjects
Spirits and gods
Organized ceremonial
Priesthood
Sacred objects and places
Medical personnel
Magicians and diviners
Pharmaceuticals
Medical therapy
Theory of disease
Ordering of time
Purification and atonement
Revelation and divination
Slavery
Alcoholic beverages
Prayers and sacrifices
Medical therapy
culture
Aztecs
HRAF PubDate
2017
Region
Middle America and the Caribbean
Sub Region
Central Mexico
Document Type
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator Type
Missionary
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1957
Field Date
1540-1579
Coverage Date
1500-1579
Coverage Place
central highland Mexico
Notes
Fray Bernadino de Sahagún ; translated from the Aztec, with notes and illustrations, by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble
Uniform title: Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España. English & Aztec
Omitted from the files: pages 27-46, an Appendix
LCCN
51002409
LCSH
Indians of Mexico--Antiquities/Aztecs/Natural history--Mexico/Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540/Mexico--Antiquities