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
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
]]>