• Codex Aubin : manuscript, [between 1775 and 1825].

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  • Mesoamerican Manuscripts
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Created:
  • 1775-01-01T00:00:00Z/1825-12-31T23:59:59Z
Date created:
  • [between 1775 and 1825].
Extent:
  • 1 v. (80 leaves) : paper, ill. ; 16 x 12 cm.
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/mg74qn39s
Language:
  • Spanish; Castilian
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
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Call number:
  • C0744.02 (Garrett Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 1)
Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Description:
  • Decoration: watercolor illustrations throughout.
Subject:
  • Indigenous peoples of Mexico—Languages—Writing
  • Nahuatl language—Texts
  • Mexico—History—To 1810—Sources
  • Indigenous Studies
  • Watercolors—18th century
  • Paper
Spatial:
  • Mexico
Text language:
  • Texts in Nahuatl and Spanish.
Binding note:
  • Paper wrappers, sewn.
Source acquisition:
  • Gift Robert Garrett, 1949.
Abstract:
  • Manuscript copy of the drawings and the Nahuatl text of the "Codex Aubin," a Mexican Indian pictorial chronicle of Aztec history from the Valley of Mexico of "Ca," composed at different dates and by different authors, with drawings and Nahuatl text. It begins with the migration from Aztlan in 1168 A.D. and continues with the dynastic history of Tenochtitlan and colonial events to 1608 A.D. The final pages list the preconquest and colonial rulers of Mexico-Tenochtitlan to about 1607. There is a 52-year calendar wheel in rectangular format on fol. 1 and the first page bears a title in Nahuatl and the date 1576.
Location:
  • Special Collections C0744.02 (Garrett Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 1)
Provenance:
  • Rémi Siméon (b. 1827) described a copy of the "Codex Aubin" with 80 leaves or 158 pages owned by an Italian named Chialiva. He has also noted that it has an unnumbered leaf between fols. 32 and 33. This copy was probably owned by Chialiva, as it has Italian glosses and an unnumbered leaf following fol. 32. Sold in a Sotheby and Co. auction catalog of Nov. 9-10, 1936, as lot no. 240. It was purchased by Garrett through or from the London firm of Bernard Quaritch. Inside the outer wrapper is the inscription "R. G. Nov. 1936"- Robert Garrett's ownership and accession mark.
Relation:
  • Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
Donor:
  • Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
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