He was a pioneer of modern anthropology and showed singular commitment, reticence and intelligence. Sahagun is a franciscan missionary who arrived in mexico in 1529. The general history of the things of new spain, by bernardino. The general history of the things of new spain, by.
This lesson explores sahaguns life, as well as the creation of the codex. 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. Full color facsimile of primeros memoriales codice matritense del real palacio. The manuscript, now known to scholars as the florentine codex, is of inestimable value not only for its lavish illustrations and plentiful information about prehispanic. The work of sahagun, university of new mexico, 1974. This lesson explores sahagun s life, as well as the creation of the codex. Fullsize color reproduction of the entire original document, bernardino sahagun. Sahagun was ordered to write in nahuatl the information needed by his colleagues for the conversion of the indigenous peoples of the region. Nahuatl accounts of the conquest of mexico, repertorium. Encyclopaedia the kinds of encyclopaedias britannica.
He attended the university of salamanca, where he was exposed to the currents of renaissance humanism. During this period, the university at salamanca was strongly influenced by erasmus, and was a center for spanish franciscan intellectual life. Anderson, salt lake city, university of utah press and school of american research, 19501982, 12 vol. His work contains the matritense codex, a manuscript product of the great. Today, we think of the florentine codex as one of the most remarkable manuscripts created in the early modern era roughly.
Presenting these documents on a single website will open a whole. The work concerns itself with recording a series of debates between mexican religious and political authorities and a team of twelve friars sent by the spanish crown to. 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. The codex is composed of twelve volumes, each of which documents a. Twentyninth chapter, where it is said how, at the time the spaniards left mexico, there. Libro nuevo o segunda mano, sinopsis, resumen y opiniones. General history of the things of new spain by fray. Documentary heritage submitted by mexico, italy and spain and recommended for inclusion in the memory. World digital library adds florentine codex library of congress. The codex is quite large with 1,200 folios pages and 2,468 painted illustrations.
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