Mexican Manuscripts

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This upper division lecture surveys the manuscript traditions of 15th and 16th century Mexico, including Nahua, Mixtec, and Maya codices. Through this course, we explore the importance of books and writing in Mesoamerican cultures; the place of histories, maps, and divinatory almanacs in Mesoamerican thought and society; and the role of Indigenous and European book traditions in shaping the colonial encounter.