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The Essential Codex Mendoza | 
 enlarge | Authors: Frances F. Berdan, Patricia Rieff Anawalt
Publisher: University of California Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1638727
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 415
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.3
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8 x 1.5
ISBN: 0520204549
Dewey Decimal Number: 972.018
EAN: 9780520204546
ASIN: 0520204549
Publication Date: January 31, 1997
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Product Description
At last, this paperback adaptation of The Codex Mendoza places the most comprehensive, most extensively illustrated document of Aztec civilization within reach of a broad audience. Compiled in Mexico City around 1541 under the supervision of Spanish clerics, the codex was intended to inform King Charles V about his newly conquered subjects. The manuscript contains pictorial accounts of Aztec emperors' conquests and tribute paid by the conquered, as well as an ethnographic record of Aztec daily life from cradle to grave. This publication is an unsurpassed source of information about Aztec history, geography, economy, social and political organization, glyphic writing, costumes, textiles, military attire, and indigenous art styles.
The Essential Codex Mendoza combines volumes 2 and 4 of the four-volume edition of The Codex Mendoza published by the University of California Press in 1992. That publication includes a collection of interpretations and appendices (volume 1), page-by-page descriptions of the codex (volume 3), a color facsimile of Codex Mendoza (volume 2), and parallel-image replicas of each pictorial folio with transcriptions and translations of the Spanish commentaries and translations of the Spanish glosses (volume 4). Volumes 2 and 4 thus provide, in detail, the basic pictorial and descriptive information contained in the original codex; these are the "essentials" that make up the paperback edition. With the exception of a few minor emendations, this current book reproduces the pages of these two 1992 volumes, plus sixteen color folios from the facsimile, volume 3.
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 Great guide for the lay person April 26, 1997
7 out of 13 found this review helpful
Finally, a guide for the lay person who wants to understand Aztec culture. The Essential Codex is an abbreviation of an even larger tome published by the California Press in 1992. Here is the Rosetta stone for Mesoamerican studies. Kudos to the authors for providing such an insightful guide. Ron Mader El Planeta Platica
 Awesome book about Aztecs!! February 19, 2005
Joseph K. Dittmer (Broken Arrow, Oklahoma United States)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
This Review is about the Essential Codex Mendoza, not the full blown expensive four volume edition:
This book is totally fabulous!! Though it might not have all of the original Codex in its original color( a few color represantaions have made it in though), it does have all the Codex in black and white with copious explanations. In my opinion this is one of the more informative books about Aztec life out there, and being able to see the picutures of the codex(even if some are just black and white) is fabulous. I confess that I haven't read the whole thing but have thoroughly enjoyed leafing through it and learning fascinating tidbits on Aztec life. This book is the coolest!!
Why is this book out of print? June 1, 2006
Michael E. Smith (Arizona State University)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is one of the best publications on the Aztecs, a major historical source that is accessible and fascinating. University of California Press made a mistake by including color illustrations and giving this a high price. It was always pricey for assignment for college classes, and now its out of print. It would have been better to give up the color illustrations and lower the price. But in any case this book it is worth looking at for anyone interested in the Aztecs, Mesoamerica, or native American cultures.
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