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Author:   Maarten Jansen ,  Virginia M. Lladó-Buisán ,  Ludo Snijders
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   8
Weight:   0.935kg
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9789004364257

ISBN 10:   9004364250
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   20 December 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Preface List of Figures, Maps and Tables Notes on Contributors 1. The Codex Mendoza: Writing and Re-Writing ‘The Last Word’ Frances F. Berdan 2. The Codex Mendoza and the archaeology of Tenochtitlan Leonardo López Luján 3. From “Rich Plumes” to War Accoutrements: Feathered Objects in the Codex Mendozaand Their Extant Representatives Laura Filloy Nadal and María Olvido Moreno Guzmán 4. The Tlamatque and Codex Mendoza Raul Macuil Martínez 5. Conquest, Growth and Evolution: Indigenist Discourse in the Codex Mendoza Jorge Gómez Tejada 6. Exploring the materiality of Mesoamerican manuscripts by non-invasive spectroscopic methods: Codex Laud, Bodley, Selden, Mendoza and Selden Roll at the Bodleian Library Chiara Grazia, David Buti, Laura Cartechini, Francesca Rosi, Francesca Gabrieli, Virginia M. Lladó-Buisán, Davide Domenici, Antonio Sgamellotti, Aldo Romani, and Costanza Miliani 7. Cultural and historical implications of non-destructive analyses on Mesoamerican codices in the Bodleian Libraries Davide Domenici, Costanza Miliani, Antonio Sgamellotti 8. The Codex Laud and the Problem of Its Provenance Ma. Isabel Álvarez Icaza Longoria 9. Mazatec chants and Mesoamerican codices Alessia Frassani 10. Codex Yoalli Ehecatl as a book to interpret dreams Araceli Rojas 11. The Dresden Codex and Contemporary K’iche’ Serpent Dance Paul van den Akker 12. Maya literary traditions and present-day concerns. An indigenous reading of ancient manuscripts Manuel May Castillo 13. Re-interpreting Ñuu Savi pictorial manuscripts from a Mixtec perspective. Linking past and present Omar Aguilar Sánchez 14. The Birthday of Lord 8 Deer: chronological correlations in Mixtec history Maarten E.R.G.N. Jansen and Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez 15. Imaging Mexican codices, challenges and opportunities Tim Zaman, David Howell, and Ludo Snijders 16. Codex Yoho Yuchi, the text inside the Mixtec Codex Añute Ludo Snijders 17. Reading Mixtec Manuscripts as Ceremonial Discourse: Historical and ideological background of Codex Añute (Selden) Maarten E.R.G.N. Jansen and Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez Conclusions Materiality and Practice in the Study of Mexican Manuscripts Rosemary A. Joyce Index

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Maarten E.R.G.N. Jansen (PhD Leiden 1983) is Professor of Heritage of Indigenous Peoples at the Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, The Netherlands. He is author of many studies about ancient Mexican art and history including The Mixtec Pictorial Manuscripts (Brill, 2011) and Time and the Ancestors (Brill 2017). Virginia M. Lladó-Buisán is Head of Conservation and Collection Care at The Bodleian Libraries. She has collaborated with various experts on Mesoamerican Archaeology and Conservation Science, in order to advance the scientific study of Mexican manuscripts in the Bodleian collections. Ludo Snijders (PhD Leiden 2016) is researcher at Leiden University. He has studied the cultural biography of Mesoamerican manuscripts and is specialised in the recovery of palimpsests through the application of non-invasive investigation techniques.

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