New Aztec Codices Discovered: The Codices of San Andrés Tetepilco
The recent announcement of the discovery of three new Aztec codices is covered here for the English-speaking public.
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What’s in a name? The mystery of a glyph in Codex Osuna
A reading is proposed for the Nahuatl glyphic name of fiscal Maldonado, a Spanish functionary depicted in Codex Osuna
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New Article: “Amantecayotl Glyphs Revisited”
A new article proposing a reading of the mysterious glyphs related to feather working which appear in the 21st chapter of the ninth book of the Florentine Codex
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New Article: “Towards a Complex Theory of Writing”
Introducing a new article regarding the problems surrounding the definition of writing in non-Maya Mesoamerican systems, and a proposed unification of the two most important “schools” on the issue.
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Variations on a royal theme: The name glyphs of Tizoc
Epigraphic readings for the name of Tizoc, the seventh ruler of Tenochtitlan, are presented in this entry
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A Christian prayer in Aztec hieroglyphs: An epigraphic analysis
This entry proposes a detailed re-analysis of the Nahuatl hieroglyphic version of the Catholic Articles of Faith in Codex Mexicanus 52-54
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Mixtec glyphs in Codex Borgia?
This entry discusses the presence of the yahui, the fire serpent of the Mixtec, in Codex Borgia 38. It is argued here that the glyph itself might be a tonal play for the word ‘plaza’ (yahui) in Mixtec, suggesting that the scribes of Codex Borgia were Mixtec themselves.
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The sacred precinct in Primeros Memoriales: What does writing tells us?
A small correction is proposed for Seler’s original identification of two of the buildings in the plan of an Aztec sacred precinct in Primeros Memoriales 269r
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Hidden in darkness: The nahual glyph
A proposal for the glyph NAHUAL, nahual·li, ‘hidden, covered, sorcerer’ glyph in Aztec writing is presented here, as well as an overview of the (unsolved) debate on the root nahual.
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Whatever happened in the year 4 Reed?
An interpretation is proposed for some glyphs depicting an obscure historical event which happened during Tizoc’s reign, to be found in Codex en Cruz, Codex Azcatitlan, and Codex Huichapan
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La lectura del glifo de atemoztli
In this entry, Gabriel Kenrick Kruell offers his perspective on the atemoztli glyph (in Spanish)
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A bloody marquess: On Hernán Cortés’ name and title in Nahuatl writing
A reading is proposed here for the name and title of Hernan Cortés, the famed conquistador, as it appears in Codex Mexicanus
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Return to Aztlan: A glyph reconsidered
I propose here a solution for the reading of the mysterious glyph for Aztlan, the homeland of the Aztec, which has puzzled readers for more than a century
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