General history of the things of new spain by fray bernardino. Translated from the aztec into english, with notes and illustrations, by arthur j. It has facsimiles of two original manuscripts from the 1585 revision sahagun did to his work, as well as printed copies of the original spanish of both mss along with the. General history of the things of new spain by fray. Sahagun was ordered to write in nahuatl the information needed by his colleagues for the conversion of the indigenous peoples of the region. This lesson explores sahaguns life, as well as the creation of the codex.
Monographs of the school of american research, santa fe, new mexico. The general history of the things of new spain, by. Florentine codex, general history of the things of new spain. The codex is quite large with 1,200 folios pages and 2,468 painted illustrations. Anderson, salt lake city, university of utah press and school of american research, 19501982, 12 vol. Born in sahagun, spain, in 1499, he journeyed to new spain in 1529. We refer to the work of sahagun and his collaborators as the florentine codex because of its presentday location. Exactly when and under what circumstances the book traveled from madrid to florence is unclear. Today, we think of the florentine codex as one of the most remarkable manuscripts created in the early modern era roughly. Published by the school of american research and the university of utah.