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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808364303321

Autore

Hajovsky Patrick Thomas <1970->

Titolo

On the lips of others : Moteuczoma's fame in Aztec monuments and rituals / / Patrick Thomas Hajovsky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, Texas : , : University of Texas, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-292-76669-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas

Disciplina

709.72

Soggetti

Aztec art

Aztecs - Kings and rulers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The two Moteuczomas -- Fame and transformation -- The royal icon -- Resonances of the speech glyph -- Visibility and invisibility of the name glyph -- Absence and presence of body -- The Chapultepec portrait -- Colonial reflections on Aztec portraiture -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

An interdisciplinary study investigating how the name and portrait of Moteuczoma (a.k.a. Moctezuma/Montezuma) II were represented in Aztec monuments and colonial manuscripts and how the concept of fame operated in the Aztec world.