Relationship of Michoacan, "List of ceremonies and rites and population and government of the Indians of the Province of Michoacan, 1541"

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Dublin Core

Title

Relationship of Michoacan, "List of ceremonies and rites and population and government of the Indians of the Province of Michoacan, 1541"
Relacion de Michoacán, Codice de Michoacán

Subject

The Relacion de Michoacán was commissioned by the viceroy Antonio de Mendoza of New Spain and completed from 1539-1540. The manuscript was create by an unknown friar, thought to be fray Jeronimo de Alcala, in an effort to document the practices of the Tarascan peoples. It was intended to help the viceroy in governing the region, but it also shows how European conquerors viewed their new Tarascan subjects.

Description

The Relationship of Michoacan facsimile is printed ink on paper and bound in a reddish-orange goatskin binding. The facsimile includes 44 colored illustrations that correspond to the narration. The reproduction serves as an accurate academic tool for further research in art history, anthropology, and history.

Creator

Original attributed to: fray Jeronimo de Alcala

Source

Facsimile: UNT Special Collections Library, Call Number: F1219.1.M55 R4 1541a
Original MS: San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Real Biblioteca del Monasterio, MS C.IV.5

Publisher

Madrid: Testimonio: Patrimonio Nacional

Date

Facsimile: March 20th, 2001
Original MS: 1539-1540

Contributor

Commentary: Armando Mauricio, Maria del Carmen Hidalgo, Vicenta Cortes, Benedic Warren, Francisco Miranda, Juan Jose Batalla, and Gerardo Sanchez

Rights

Madrid, Testimony Publishing Company

Relation

El Códice de Xicotepec: estudio e interpretación

Códice Borbónico

Codex Colombino

Format

Ink, paper, and goatskin, 22 cm

Language

Spanish

Type

Ethnography of the Michoacán Indians pertaining to their culture and religion

Identifier

Spanish views of the Tarascan peoples.

Coverage

Mexico, Pre-Columbian, c. 1539-1540

Prepared by Iris Gutierrez and edited by Jennifer Boatner