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Origen de los Mexicanos : ms., 16th cent.
BANC MSS M-M 448; BANC MSS M-M 438-449; BANC MSS M-M 448
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Origen de los Mexicanos : ms., 16th centCreator/Contributor:
Motolinía, Toribio, -1568Abstract:
Three manuscripts, primarily Franciscan, relating to the origins, theogony, and history of the early inhabitants of Mexico:
1. Origen de los Mexicanos. [Mexico, 16th cent.] Copy of a fragment from a report on the first tribes to inhabit Mexico, prepared
by anonymous Franciscan friars at the request of Juan Cano. 4 p. 2. Historia de los Mexicanos por sus pinturas. [Mexico, 16th
cent.] Copy of a treatise by Toribio de Motolinía dealing with Indian accounts of the creation of the world and succeeding
developments, including the arrival in Mexico of its early inhabitants, based upon Indian painted and oral records. There
are 20 chapters and an appended table of events from 1351 to 1519. 19 p.
(con't) 3. Notes in French on the theogony, mythology, and ancient history of Mexico, followed by a genealogical report in
Spanish on early Indian rulers. The latter section is probably copied from material compiled by Franciscan Archbishop Zumárraga
at the request of Juan Cano. 19 p.
Date:
1500 (issued)Subject:
Indians of MexicoMythology, Mexican
Note:
Also available on microfilm.
In Spanish.
From the Alphonse L. Pinart Collection.
Physical Description:
[4] p. ; 33 cm.
partial microfilm reel (24 exposures) : negative (Rich. 403:7) and positive.
Language:
Spanish
Identifier:
BANC MSS M-M 448
BANC MSS M-M 438-449
BANC MSS M-M 448