History of the Mexicans as Told by Their Paintings
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The History of the Mexicans as Told by Their Paintings is a Spanish language
, post-conquest
codex
written in the 1530s. This manuscript was likely composed by Father Andrés de Olmos
, an early Franciscan friar. It is presumed to be based upon one or more indigenous pictorial codices.
Henry Phillips Jr., a 19th century historian, made a translation of the document in the 1880s and referred to it as the Codex Ramírez, after Bishop Ramírez de Fuenleal who authorized its creation in 1532.
It is presently held in the library of the University of Texas at Austin.
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, post-conquest
Spanish conquest of Mexico
The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. The invasion began in February 1519 and was acclaimed victorious on August 13, 1521, by a coalition army of Spanish conquistadors and Tlaxcalan warriors led by Hernán Cortés...
codex
Codex
A codex is a book in the format used for modern books, with multiple quires or gatherings typically bound together and given a cover.Developed by the Romans from wooden writing tablets, its gradual replacement...
written in the 1530s. This manuscript was likely composed by Father Andrés de Olmos
Andrés de Olmos
Andrés de Olmos , Franciscan priest and extraordinary grammarian and ethno-historian of Mexico's Indians, was born in Oña, Burgos, Spain, and died in Tampico in New Spain...
, an early Franciscan friar. It is presumed to be based upon one or more indigenous pictorial codices.
Henry Phillips Jr., a 19th century historian, made a translation of the document in the 1880s and referred to it as the Codex Ramírez, after Bishop Ramírez de Fuenleal who authorized its creation in 1532.
It is presently held in the library of the University of Texas at Austin.
External links
- History of the Mexicans as Told by Their Paintings. English translation version by Henry Phillips Jr. (1883). Edited and with annotations by Alec Christensen, FAMSI.
- История мексиканцев по их рисункам. Russian translation version by Henry Phillips Jr. (1883). Edited and with annotations by Alec Christensen, FAMSI.