Tetzáhuitl
Subtitle: los presagios de la conquista de México : museos y galerías
By: [coordinación editorial y dirección de arte : Carlos Méndez Domínguez]
Edition: Primera edición.
Publisher: Museo del Templo Mayor
Published: 2019
Place of publication: [Ciudad de México]
Language: spa
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9786075393636
Subjects: Indians of Mexico; Catalogs; Museums; History
Description: The publication is devoted mostly to the theme of the "tetzáhuitl" or omens that, according to several documentary sources, announced both the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors and the end of the kingdom of Moctezuma II. Above all, the publication focuses on the eight predictions contained in the Libro XII of the Florentine Codex by Bernardino de Sahagún. The exhibition consisted of 30 archaeological and historical pieces. This exhibition details the ways of thinking that in 1519 prevailed in both Mesoamerica and Europe and was organized in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the first meeting between Moctezuma II and Hernán Cortés, characters who had opposite ways of understanding the world but who agreed on an aspect little addressed: their belief in divine wills.

The publication is devoted mostly to the theme of the "tetzáhuitl" or omens that, according to several documentary sources, announced both the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors and the end of the kingdom of Moctezuma II. Above all, the publication focuses on the eight predictions contained in the Libro XII of the Florentine Codex by Bernardino de Sahagún. The exhibition consisted of 30 archaeological and historical pieces. This exhibition details the ways of thinking that in 1519 prevailed in both Mesoamerica and Europe and was organized in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the first meeting between Moctezuma II and Hernán Cortés, characters who had opposite ways of understanding the world but who agreed on an aspect little addressed: their belief in divine wills.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.