La Historia Universal de las Cosas de Nueva Espana
Title
La Historia Universal de las Cosas de Nueva Espana
Subject
Botany; Entomology
Description
Organized in to three separate manuscripts, this collection, entitled General History of the Things of New Spain, serves to describe the traditions and customs of the Aztecs, including 2000 images that portay and describe the daily lives of the inhabitants of the New World. The text presents various topics that are valuable to Aztec culture, including the natural flora and fauna of the area and its relation to medicine, and its typical usage in daily Aztec life.
Creator
Friar Bernardino de Sahagún (c. 1499 - 1590)
Source
Sahagún's manuscript exists in a copy known as the Florentine Codex in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence
Date
1545-1590
Contributor
Students of the Tlatelolco School (artists); Padre Comisario General (patron)
Format
Illustrated manuscript
Language
Nahuatl and Spanish
Type
Text
Coverage
Renaissance
Location
Tlatelolco, Mexico
Files
Citation
Friar Bernardino de Sahagún (c. 1499 - 1590), “La Historia Universal de las Cosas de Nueva Espana,” Art and Science in the Early Modern World, accessed December 28, 2024, http://artandscience.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/114.
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