Archaeology of a Book: An experimental approach to reading rare books in archival contextsMain MenuIntroductionReading the First Books is an exploration of America's earliest printed booksPath: ProductionThis path explores the narratives of production embedded in the material qualities of the Advertencias.Path: CollectionPath describes the collection of early printed books in religious libraries across Mexico. 16-18th centuries.Path: AcquisitionPath describes the dispersal of early printed books in libraries and private collections beyond Mexican borders.Path: (Digital) FuturesBook history in a digital futureReferencesReferences, citations, and further readingTermsIndex of termsAuthorship & AcknowledgementsHannah Alpert-Abrams9dd7500ea284b1882c8042744db689b17f2c2255LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collection
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12015-06-26T11:10:54-07:00Hannah Alpert-Abrams9dd7500ea284b1882c8042744db689b17f2c225543581Hand-written documents and manuscriptsplain2015-06-26T11:10:54-07:00Hannah Alpert-Abrams9dd7500ea284b1882c8042744db689b17f2c2255
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12015-02-24T15:03:32-08:00AnonymousFlorentine Codex illustrations4Page from a facsimile edition of the Florentine Codex manuscript (Historia de las cosas de nueva españa) is divided into four boxes; each one contains a colored drawing of a god in the Nahua pictorial style. Clockwise from upper left: First image notation reads “vitzilobuchtli otro hercules, Capitulo primero fo. 1.” Second reads “Tezcatlipaca. otro jupiter. ¶Capitulo tercero. fo. ibidem." Third reads: Tlaloc tlamazquy. dios de las pluujas. Capitulo quatro fo. 2.” and fourth reads “Paynal. vicario de vitzilobuchtli. Capitulo segundo fo. ibidem." Image comes from the World Digital Library from a manuscript held at the Medicea Laurenziana Library in Florence, Italy.plain2015-06-26T11:12:09-07:00Hannah Alpert-Abrams9dd7500ea284b1882c8042744db689b17f2c2255
12015-05-03T13:39:59-07:00AnonymousSahagun's original text3Appendix to Book 5 of the Historia General (Florentine Codex). From the World Digital Library.plain2016-02-09T13:10:17-08:00Medicea Laurenziana Library in FlorenceWorld Digital LibraryHannah Alpert-Abrams9dd7500ea284b1882c8042744db689b17f2c2255
12015-06-30T13:17:31-07:00Hannah Alpert-Abrams9dd7500ea284b1882c8042744db689b17f2c2255Tags1Page visualizing all tags in the projectvistag2015-06-30T13:17:31-07:00Hannah Alpert-Abrams9dd7500ea284b1882c8042744db689b17f2c2255
