Book VII: The Sun, Moon, and Stars and the Binding of the Years
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Book VII: The Sun, Moon, and Stars and the Binding of the Years is a section of the Florentine Codex that details Nahua cosmology, including celestial bodies, calendrical cycles, and ritual practices related to time.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Book VII: The Sun, Moon, and Stars and the Binding of the Years canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book section
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part of codex ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aztec cosmology
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Aztec religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compiledWith | Nahua informants ⓘ |
| containedIn | Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Nahua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfWork | 16th century ⓘ |
| describes |
Nahua concepts of time
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Nahua cosmology ⓘ calendrical cycles ⓘ celestial bodies ⓘ moon ⓘ omens related to celestial events ⓘ ritual practices related to time ⓘ ritual responses to comets ⓘ ritual responses to eclipses ⓘ ritual responses to meteors ⓘ stars ⓘ sun ⓘ |
| genre |
colonial Mesoamerican manuscript
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ethnographic text ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Bernardino de Sahagún NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Book VII: The Sun, Moon, and Stars and the Binding of the Years NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkExample |
accounts of ceremonies marking the end of cycles
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descriptions of the 52-year calendar cycle ⓘ lists of days and signs in the ritual calendar ⓘ |
| languageOfText |
Classical Nahuatl
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Spanish ⓘ |
| manuscriptFormat | illustrated manuscript ⓘ |
| partOf | Florentine Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Central Mexico
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New Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
Christian evangelization context
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documentation of indigenous knowledge ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Book VI of the Florentine Codex
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Book VIII of the Florentine Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
research on Nahua religion
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studies of Aztec calendar ⓘ studies of Mesoamerican astronomy ⓘ |
| topic |
New Fire ceremony
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astronomy in Mesoamerica ⓘ binding of the years ceremony ⓘ ritual calendar ⓘ timekeeping ⓘ |
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