The book of the life of the ancient Mexicans : containing an account of their rites and superstitions : an anonymous Hispano-Mexican manuscript preserved at the Biblioteca nazionale centrale, Florence, Italy / reproduced in facsimile, with introduction, translation, and commentary by Zelia Nuttall.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Nuttall, Zelia, 1858-1933, translator.
• University of California Press, publisher.
• Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)
• Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, former owner.

Language:

• English
• Spanish

Subjects (All):

• Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Firenze--Manuscript--Magl. XIII, 3.
• Manuscripts, Nahuatl--Facsimiles.
• Manuscripts, Nahuatl.
• Aztecs--Rites and ceremonies.
• Aztecs.
• Aztecs--Religion.
• Aztec calendar.
• Libro d'ore Visconti.

Genre:

• Facsimiles.
• Conference papers and proceedings.

Penn Provenance:

• Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 80 leaves : color facsimiles ; 18 x 25 cm

Place of Publication:

[Berkeley] : [University of California Press], [1983]

Language Note:

Texts in Spanish; introduction in English.

Contents:

Part I. Introduction and facsimile.

Notes:

• Projected as 2 parts, but only part 1 (introduction and facsimile) published.
• Includes bibliographical references.
• Reprint. Originally published: Berkeley : University of California, 1903 [i.e. 1904]. Issued in slip case with: The Codex Magliabechiano and the prototype of the Magliabechiano group / Elizabeth Hill Boone. ©1983.

Local Notes:

• Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
• Schimmel Collection copy: slip case retained.

OCLC:

10719260