The most illustrious of the native mexican historians and the greatgrandson of don fernando ixtlilxochitl, fifth son of netzahualpilli, king of texcoco, and of his wife dona beatriz panantzin, daughter of cuitlahuac, last but one of the aztec emperors. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Claiming descent from the legendary chichimec chieftains king xolotl. Ixtlilxochitl ome tochtli 801418 was the ruler of the acolhua citystate of texcoco from 1409 to 1418 and the father of the famous poetking nezahualcoyotl. Codex ixtlilxochitl is a ritual calendar that presents all the main ceremonies and holidays that were celebrated at the great teocalli, the terraced pyramid of tenochtitlan forerunner of presentday mexico city during the mexican year. Ixtlilxochitl i in the codex ixtlilxochitl folio 107 recto ixtlilxochitl ome tochtli 801418 was the ruler tlatoani of the acolhua citystate of texcoco from 1409 to 1418 and the father of the famous poetking nezahualcoyotl. The codex ixtlilxochitl is an early 17th century codex fragment detailing, among other subjects, a calendar of the annual festivals and rituals celebrated by the aztec teocalli during the mexican year.
Excavating meaning from the codex xolotl fragments hayley b. Each of the 18 months is represented by a god or an historical character. He was a student at the college of santa cruz in tlateloco mexico. Written in spanish, the codex ixtlilxochitl has 50 pages comprising 27 separate sheets of european. Support the press support a premier publisher of academic, regional, and literary works. This codex presents the xiuhpohualli the first, or solar, calendar of 365 days, divided into 18 months of. The contributors revise and broaden previous understandings of alva ixtlilxochitls racial and cultural identity, including his method of transcribing pictorial texts, his treatment of. Libro nuevo o segunda mano, sinopsis, resumen y opiniones.
Podras ver y comprar sus nuevos y ultimos libros, novedades, packs especiales, descargar su libro digital en pdf o epub, obras y sagas del autor. This codex presents the xiuhpohualli the first, or solar, calendar of 365 days, divided into 18 months of 20. Amber brian, however, offers an important work combining the traditional groupings of indian. He was a descendant of the old texcocan lineage and. The former was supported by moctezuma ii, emperor of mexico, but the latter, appealing to the patriotic sentiment of his nation, would have persuaded them that his brother. Ixtlilxochitl was born between 1568 and 1580, and died in 1648. Edited and annotated by alfredo chavero and published as a 2nd edition of the works of jose fernando ramirez in 1892. The 3rd edition was published in 1965 with a preface by lic. He was also the greatgreatgrandson of cuitlahuac cuitlahuac was the eleventh son of the ruler axayacatl and a younger brother of moctezuma ii, the previous ruler of tenochtitlan. His first work was written about 1 600 and the second. Antiquities of mexico in collection of lord kingsborough, ix. In 1516 nezahualpilli died, and the succession was contested by two of his sons, cacamatzin and ixtlilxochitl.
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