02348nam 2200457 450 991073557600332120220805122609.01-4073-5968-110.30861/9781407359670(CKB)5450000000678988(StDuBDS)EDZ0002856641(EXLCZ)99545000000067898820220628d2022 fy| 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdacontentrdamediardacarrierMesoamerican codices calendrical knowledge and ceremonial practice in indigenous religion and history /Alessia FrassaniOxford :BAR Publishing,2022.1 online resource (xvii, 168 pages) illustrations (black and white, and colour)BAR international series ;3085Also issued in print: 2022.Includes links to online audio files.1-4073-5967-3 Includes bibliographical references.Religious manuscripts from ancient and early colonial Mexico offer a direct pathway into indigenous worldviews through the uniquely Mesoamerican medium of pictography. During the thousands of years preceding Spanish invasion, a complex calendrical system developed in the region, forming the basic organising principle of this pictorial language. This book offers new interpretations and insights on both calendrics and the related iconography of Mesoamerican religious manuscripts, based on the author's field work in the Sierra Mazateca in northern Oaxaca. Detailed calendrical analysis is included, along with audio recordings of chants, prayers, and ceremonies available as an online download. The author's novel approach questions accepted notions of divination, chronology, and the dichotomy between ritual and historical time.BAR international series ;3085.Manuscripts, Mexican (Pre-Columbian)Indians of MexicoReligionSourcesManuscripts, Mexican (Pre-Columbian)Indians of MexicoReligion091'.0972Frassani Alessia1974-1379014StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910735576003321Mesoamerican codices3418414UNINA