Die Bücher der Maya, Mixteken und Azteken
Subtitle: die Schrift und ihre Funktion in vorspanischen und kolonialen Codices : Katalog : [Ausstellung der Universitätsbibliothek Eichstätt in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Lehrstuhl für Geschichte Lateinamerikas]
By: herausgegeben von Carmen Arellano Hoffmann und Peer Schmidt ; unter Mitarbeit von Christina Hofmann-Randall.
Contributors: Arellano Hoffmann, Carmen.; Schmidt, Peer.; Hofmann-Randall, Christina.; Universitätsbibliothek Eichstätt.
Series: Schriften der Universitätsbibliothek Eichstätt,; Bd. 34
Publisher: Vervuert
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Frankfurt am Main
Language: ger
Number of pages: 535
Subjects: Manuscripts, Nahuatl.; Manuscripts, Mixtec.; Manuscripts, Maya.; Indians of Mexico -- Languages -- Writing.; Manuscripts, Mexican (Pre-Columbian) -- Exhibitions.; Manuscripts, Mexican -- Exhibitions.
Description: "With this catalog of facsimiles of codices preserved at Catholic University, Eichstätt, 12 experts in precolumbian ethnohistory, cultural geography, and indigenous languages provide introduction to precolumbian and early colonial indigenous 'communications technology.' Editors emphasize significance of nonglossographic systems, hieroglyphs, pictographs, and Andean notation systems such as tocapu and quipu. Well-written articles are documented and include bibliographies"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and Index.