Libro nuevo o segunda mano, sinopsis, resumen y opiniones. It is now possible to see, in the past 2,000 years of encyclopaedia production, the existence of a pattern closely related to the changing social needs of each age. Encyclopaedia encyclopaedia the kinds of encyclopaedias. In fact, the psalmodia christiana is the only work that fray bernardino ever saw in print. Anderson, salt lake city, university of utah press and school of american research, 19501982, 12 vol.
The general history of the things of new spain, by. The franciscan monk developed a deep appreciation for aztec culture and the nahuatl language. The codex is quite large with 1,200 folios pages and 2,468 painted illustrations. The spaniards approached tenochtitlan from the south, crossing to the city along the causeway from ixtapalapa. Though he was primarily devoted to his missionary task, his extraordinary work documenting indigenous worldview and culture has earned him the title as the. Documentary heritage submitted by mexico, italy and spain and recommended for inclusion in the memory. The outstanding circumstances that governed the policy and production of encyclopaedias for the first 15 centuries were that comparatively few people were able to read. The nahua accounts concentrate on those things that were new and strange like horses and crossbows but also seek to find parallels and comparisons between their own practices and.
General history of the things of new spain by fray. Encyclopaedia the kinds of encyclopaedias britannica. Original sources for us history to 1877 flashcards quizlet. Representations of hands in the florentine codex by. He learned nahuatl and spent more than 50 years in the study of aztec beliefs. Today, we think of the florentine codex as one of the most remarkable manuscripts created in the early modern era roughly. The illustrations combine the syntactic and symbolic traits of the.
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