Encounter with the plumed serpent : drama and power in the heart of Mesoamerica

Title
  1. Encounter with the plumed serpent : drama and power in the heart of Mesoamerica / Maarten Jansen and Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez.
Published by
  1. Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2007], ©2007.
Author
  1. Jansen, Maarten E. R. G. N. (Maarten Evert Reinoud Gerard Nicolaas), 1952-

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Additional authors
  1. Pérez Jiménez, Gabina Aurora.
Description
  1. xviii, 395 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. "In Encounter with the Plumed Serpent, two scholars present and interpret the sacred histories narrated in the Mixtec codices, the largest surviving collection of pre-Columbian manuscripts in existence." "By analyzing and cross-referencing the codices, which have been fragmented and dispersed in far-flung archives, the authors attempt to reconstruct Mixtec history. Their synthesis here builds on long examination of the ancient manuscripts. Adding useful interpretation and commentary, Jansen and Perez Jimenez synthesize the large body of surviving documents into the first unified narrative of Mixtec sacred history."--BOOK JACKET.
Series statement
  1. Mesoamerican worlds
Uniform title
  1. Mesoamerican worlds.
Subject
  1. Mixtec Indians > Historiography
  2. Mixtec Indians > Genealogy
  3. Mixtec Indians > Social life and customs
  4. Manuscripts, Mixtec
Contents
  1. 1. The mat and the throne -- 2. Storytelling and ritual -- 3. Descent of the plumed serpent -- 4. Founding mothers -- 5. The rise of Nuu Tnoo -- 6. Lord of the Toltecs -- 7. Triumph and tragedy -- 8. Flute of the divine -- 9. The crown of Motecuhzoma.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-367) and index.