Introductory vol. contains Sahagún's original prologues to each book, essays by the translators, general bibliography, and subject, person/deity, and place indexes.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Part 1. Introductions and indices -- Part 2. Book 1, the gods -- Part 3. Book 2, the ceremonies -- Part 4. Book 3, the origin of the gods -- Parts 5 and 6. Book 4, the soothsayers, and Book 5, the omens -- Part 7. Book 6, rhetoric and moral philosophy -- Part 8. Book 7, the sun, moon, and stars, and the binding of the years -- Part 9. Book 8, kings and lords -- Part 10. Book 9, the merchants -- Part 11. Book 10, the people -- Part 12. Book 11, earthly things -- Part 13. Book 12, the conquest of Mexico.
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" ... Sahagún's monumental and encyclopedic study of native life in Mexico at the time of the Spanish Conquest. This immense undertaking is the first complete translation into any language of Sahagún's Nahuatl text, and represents one of the most distinguished contributions in the fields of anthropology, ethnography, and linguistics. Written between 1540 and 1585, the Florentine Codex (so named because the manuscript has been part of the Laurentian Library's collections since at least 1791) is the most authoritative statement we have of the Aztecs' lifeways and traditions ... The Florentine Codex is divided by subject area into twelve books and includes over 2,000 illustrations drawn by Nahua artists in the sixteenth century."--Publisher's website.