A comparative study of Aztec hieroglyphs, 1943

Mss.497.4.W65

Date: 1943 | Size: 1 volume(s), 1 volume, 134 p., typed with handcolored plates
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Abstract

An analysis of the material culture of one of the eight extant Mexteca codices, Codex Borgia: a Mesoamerican ritual and divinatory manuscript. Some knowledge of the Nahuatl language will help with interpretation.

Scope and content

Over three hundred vividly colored pictographs and phonetic signs of the Mextecan language. Repainted by the author, the watercolors exhibit pottery, ornaments, weapons, and ceremonial paraphernalia.

Collection Information

Physical description

1 volume, 134 p., typed with handcolored plates.

Provenance

Presented by Walter K. Wilbur and accessioned, 1943 (1943 84422).

Indexing Terms


Genre(s)

  • Drawings.
  • Picture-writing

Geographic Name(s)

  • Mexico -- History -- To 1519.

Subject(s)

  • Aztecs.
  • Indians of Mexico -- Languages -- Writing
  • Indians of Mexico -- Oaxaca
  • Mixtec Indians
  • Mixtec language
  • Nahuatl language -- Writing
  • Southwest Indians