Format:
Online-Ressource (xxvii, 307 p)
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ill. (some col.)
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29 cm
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0292712634
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9780292712638
Series Statement:
Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Color Plates -- Tables -- Preface -- 1: Containers of the Knowledge of the World -- 2: Time, the Ritual Calendar, and Divination -- 3: The Symbolic Vocabulary of the Almanacs -- 4: Structures of Prophetic Knowledge -- 5: The Almanacs -- Multipurpose Almanacs -- Directional Almanacs -- Topical Almanacs -- 6: Protocols for Rituals -- 7: The Cosmogony in the Codex Borgia -- 8: Provenience -- 9: A Mexican Divinatory System -- Appendix: Content Summaries -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-294) and index
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1. Containers of the knowledge of the world2. Time, the ritual calendar, and divination -- 3. The symbolic vocabulary of the almanacs -- 4. Structures of prophetic knowledge -- 5. The almanacs -- Multipurpose almanacs -- Directional almanacs -- Topical almanacs -- 6. Protocols for rituals -- 7. The cosmogony in the Codex Borgia -- 8. Provenience -- 9. A Mexican divinatory system -- Appendix. Content summaries.
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780292712638
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Cycles of time and meaning in the Mexican books of fate
Language:
English
