The native tradition pictorials in the Aubin-Goupil collection of Mesoamerican ethnohistorical documents in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France : major reproductions and studies
Year: 1998
Type: article
Abstract: Although fully evolved phonetic writing systems were never achieved by the pre-Hispanic civilizations of western Mesoamerica, sophisticated systems of essentially pictographic communication, with some phonetic elements in name and place signs, were developed. Recorded in bark paper and vellum screenfolds and other formats, these systems continued to be employed well into the post-Hispanic period. A sizable number of these colonial pictorials have survived, some of the most important of which are in the Aubin-Goupil collection. Donated to the Bibliothèque nationale in 1898, most of the native tradition pictorials in this collection have been reproduced and studied, the history of which is reviewed and discussed.
Author: Henry B. Nicholson
Language: English
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1998148841