Lauren Close, Jeremy Ludemann, John McGovern

1. Text and Identity: An Analysis of
Indigenous Literature and History
in the Colonial Era
Lauren Close
Jeremy Ludemann
John McGovern

2. The Dynamic
Function of
Indigenous
History and
Writing

4. The Role of Text in
Indian Self-Identity:
The Codex Borbonicus
The Gods Quetzalcoatl and
Tezcatlipoca

5. The Aztec ritual
calendar, or
Tonalamatl

6. The Oxomoco
and Cipactonal,
Human
Ancestors

10. The Role of Text in
Spanish Attempts to
Make Sense of Native
Culture:
The Codex Telleriano-
Remensis

11. Charles Marie Le
Tellier

14. Tenochtitlan

17. The Cathedral
of Cuernavaca

21. The Biblitheque
Nationale de
France, where the
Codex now
resides

22. The Role of Text in
Spanish Efforts to
Modify Colonial
Society:
The Florentine Codex and
Bernardino de Sahagun

23. The Ruins of
Tlatelolco

26. “The discovery and
preservation of Aztec
rhetoric was a result of
the religious conquest of
the New World which
followed the military
subjugation of the
Mexicans.”
- Historian Don Paul
Abbott

30. Tradition,
Assimilation
and the
Shaping of
Colonies

32. Bibliography:
Alcock, Susan E. Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History. Cambridge University
Press, 2001.
A Picture of a Color Copy of the Codex Borbonicus, Mexico City., 2006.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Aztec_codex_replica.jpg.
Burland, Cottie A. “Codex Borbonicus : Pages 21 & 22, A Critical Assessment.” Journal de la Societe des
Americanistes, Tome 46 (1957): 157-163.
Don Paul Abbott. “The Ancient Word: Rhetoric in Aztec Culture.” Rhetorica: A Journal of the
History of Rhetoric 5, no. 3 (Summer 1987): 251-264.
Gruzinski, Serge. Painting The Conquest: The Mexicans and the European Renaissance. Paris, Flammarion, 1992.
Leon-Portilla, Miguel. The Aztec Image of Self and Society : An Introduction to Nahua Culture. Salt Lake City, Utah:
University of, n.d.
Marcus, Joyce. Mesoamerican Writing Systems: Propaganda, Myth, and History in Four Ancient
Civilizations. Princeton University Press, 1993.
“Questions and Answers about an UNKNOWN ARTIST’S CODEX BORBONICUS”, Hispanic Research Center, Arizona
State University, http://mati.eas.asu.edu:8421/ChicanArte/html_pages/CodexIssOutl.html#artwork.
Sahagun, Bernardino De, Arthur J. O. Anderson, and Charles E. Dibble. The Florentine Codex:
General History of the Things of New Spain. University of Utah Press, 1982.
Schwartz, Stuart. “Renaissance Conquerors.” In Victors and Vanquished. Boston, Mass.: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2000.
———. “The Indigenous Historical Traditions.” In Victors and Vanquished. Boston, Mass.: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2000.

33. Images (In Order):
Part 1:
Illustration in "Descripcion historica y cronologica de las dos piedras que con ocasion del nuevo empedrado que se esta
formado en la plaza principal de Mexico, se hallaron en ella el ano de 1790".
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Descripci%C3%B3n_hist%C3%B3rica_y_cronol%C3%B3gica_de_las_dos_piedras_qu
e_con_ocasi%C3%B3n_del_nuevo_empedrado_que_se_est%C3%A1_formando_en_la_plaza_principal_de_M%C3%A9xico,_s
e_hallaron_en_ella_el_a%C3%B1o_de_1790-1b.jpg.
Tlaxcala - Palacio de Gobierno. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tlaxcala_-_Palacio_de_Gobierno_-
_Verhandlungen_Spanier_-_Tlaxcalteken_2.jpg.
Part2:
All other images courtesy of ARTstor, found here:
http://library.artstor.org/library/welcome.html#3|search|1|Codex20Borbonicus|Multiple20Collection20Search|||type3D31
26kw3DCodex20Borbonicus26id3Dall26name3D
Part 3:
A Picture of a Color Copy of the Codex Borbonicus, Mexico City., 2006.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Aztec_codex_replica.jpg.
A Picture of A Nahua Harvest Ritual Honoring the Corn Goddess., n.d.
http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=8CJGczI9NzldLS1WEDhzTnkrX3kpeFNwfyI%3D&userId=hjZIeA%3D%3
D&zoomparams=.
A Picture of Chalchiuhtlicue, the Nahua Goddess of Water., n.d.
http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=8CJGczI9NzldLS1WEDhzTnkrX3kpeFNxfCU%3D&userId=hjZIeA%3D%3
D&zoomparams=.
A Picture of Oxomoco and Cipactonal., n.d.
http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=8CJGczI9NzldLS1WEDhzTnkrX3gue1x7eCU%3D&userId=hjZIeA%3D%
3D&zoomparams=.

34. A Picture of Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca., n.d.
http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=8CJGczI9NzldLS1WEDhzTnkrX3kpeFNxeCA%3D&userId=hjZIeA%3D%3D
&zoomparams=.
A Picture of The New Fire Ceremony., n.d.
http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=8CJGczI9NzldLS1WEDhzTnkrX3kpeFNwfi0%3D&userId=hjZIeA%3D%3D
&zoomparams=.
Part 4:
Bernardino de Sahagun. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Bernardino_de_sahagun.png.
Templo Mayor, Tlatelolco. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nt-tlatelolco-templo-mayor.jpgTlatelolco.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29653764@N08/3617718126.
Tlatelolco. http://www.flickr.com/photos/29653764@N08/3617718126.
Aztec Feast. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aztec_feast_4.jpg.
Pochtecas con su carga. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pochtecas_con_su_carga.JPG.
Vanilla. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vanilla_florentine_codex.jpg.
Aztec Warriors. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aztec_Warriors_(Florentine_Codex).jpg.
Aztec Drums. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aztec_drums,_Florentine_Codex..jpg.
Part 5:
Aztec Dancer. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aztec_dancer_Mexico_City_performance.jpg
Renowned Grafitti 'Wall Of Glory' with Current Aztec Warrior, June 15, 2007.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/puroticorico/558563923/.