Mesoamerican codices : calendrical knowledge and ceremonial practice in indigenous religion and history / / Alessia Frassani

• Autore: Frassani Alessia <1974->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford : , : BAR Publishing, , 2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 168 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Disciplina: 091'.0972
• Soggetto topico: Manuscripts, Mexican (Pre-Columbian); Indians of Mexico - Religion
• Note generali: Also issued in print: 2022.; Includes links to online audio files.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Mesoamerican codices
• ISBN: 1-4073-5968-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910735576003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: BAR international series ; ; 3085.