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On the lips of others : Moteuczoma's fame in Aztec monuments and rituals / Patrick Thomas Hajovsky.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hajovsky, Patrick Thomas, 1970- author.
- Series:
- Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Montezuma II, Emperor of Mexico, approximately 1480-1520--Portraits.
- Montezuma.
- Montezuma II, Emperor of Mexico, approximately 1480-1520.
- Aztec art.
- Aztecs--Kings and rulers.
- Aztecs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin, Texas : University of Texas, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An interdisciplinary study investigating how the name and portrait of Moteuczoma (a.k.a. Moctezuma/Montezuma) II were represented in Aztec monuments and colonial manuscripts and how the concept of fame operated in the Aztec world.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The two Moteuczomas
- Fame and transformation
- The royal icon
- Resonances of the speech glyph
- Visibility and invisibility of the name glyph
- Absence and presence of body
- The Chapultepec portrait
- Colonial reflections on Aztec portraiture
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-292-76669-6
- OCLC:
- 905224909
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