in Mayan languages (the Aztec people far to the north used the word āmatl [ˈaːmat͡ɬ] for paper). The Maya developed their huun-paper around the 5th century...
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Díaz del Castillo, Moctezuma had a library full of such books, known as amatl, or amoxtli, kept by a calpixqui or nobleman in his palace, some of them...
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codex, but were instead made with long folded strips of either fig bark (amatl) or plant fibers, often with a layer of whitewash applied before writing...
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codex, but were instead made with long folded strips of either fig bark (amatl) or plant fibers, often with a layer of whitewash applied before writing...
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a 16th-century Nahua pictorial document, consisting of three sheets of amatl paper that depict the history of Acolhuacan. Aztec codices Codex Xolotl...
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from processed tree-bark generally now known by its Nahuatl-language name amatl used to produce codices. The skill and knowledge of Maya writing persisted...
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boissieri, the anacahuita. That word in turn is derived from the Nahuatl words āmatl, meaning "paper," and cuahuitl, meaning "tree," possibly referring to the...
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are traditionally used in Mesoamerica to produce papel amate (Nahuatl: āmatl). Mutuba (F. natalensis) is used to produce barkcloth in Uganda. Pou (F...
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Codex Tlatelolco is a colonial-era Aztec codex written on amatl, around 1565. It depicts royal ceremonies involving Spanish monarchs Charles V and his...
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manuscripts collectively known as Aztec codices. It is an eight-sheet document on amatl, a pre-European paper made in Mesoamerica, and consists of part of the testimony...
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material was used by the Maya no later than the 5th century CE. Called amatl or amate, it was in widespread use among Mesoamerican cultures until the...
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decorated) along with red and yellow varnish bowls and reams of native paper (amatl). Of the 25 communities subordinate to Huaxtepec, Anenecuilco's share of...
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Spanish. The Codex Borbonicus is a single 46.5-foot (14.2 m) long sheet of amatl paper. Although there were originally 40 accordion-folded pages, the first...
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show representations of something that may be codices, suggesting that amatl bark codices, and by extension well-developed writing, existed in Olmec...
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"tonalamatl" is made up of two Nahuatl words, "tonalli" meaning day, and "amatl" referring to the paper substrate that this codex is written on. While it...
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Mesoamerica come Mayan and Aztec codices. These are folding books made from Amatl, processed tree bark on which are glyphs in Mayan or Aztec script. The Dresden...
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Black Representation in the World of Animation. San Diego, California: Amatl Comix/San Diego State University. ISBN 9781879691988. Klein, Hugh; Shiffman...
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Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris. The manuscript consists of six amatl boards measuring 42 cm × 48 cm (17 in × 19 in), with ten pages and three...
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Codex en Cruz is a pictorial Aztec codex consisting of a single piece of amatl paper. It records historical events, such as the succession of rulers, wars...
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awakatl) ajolote (Nahuatl axolotl) alpaca (Quechua allpaqa) amate (Nahuatl amatl) anticucho (Quechua anti uchu) atole (Nahuatl atolli) barbacoa (Taíno) batata...
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Family 1641-1686, Violin Society of America, 1999. Philip J. Kass: Nicolo Amatl: His Life and Times, Journal of the Violin Society of America, 15-2. 1996...
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Oztoticpac Lands Map of Texcoco is a pictorial Aztec codex on native paper (amatl) from Texcoco ca. 1540. It is held by the manuscript division of the Library...
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(Spanish for "map painted on European paper and lined in the Indian (i.e. amatl)"; abbreviated MPEAI) or Mapa de los linderos de Cuauhtinchan y Totomihuacan...
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(2010-04-16). The Boom Femenino in Mexico: Reading Contemporary Women's Writing. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 9781443821810. amatl, figbark paper v t e...
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(English: Tribute roll) is a 16th-century central Mexican manuscript on amatl paper, listing the tributes paid by the various tributaries of the Aztec...
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papers signal or mark,” or “paper used ceremoniously.” The paper is called amatl, which is a bark paper used to dress images of gods and is still made as...
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has taken a couple of test shots and appeared on magazine editorials for Amatl #1 June 2019. She has walked in fashion shows of Carmen Rion, Montserrat...
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from ca. 1540 just after his execution. The pictorial on native paper (amatl) from Texcoco ca. 1540 is held by the manuscript division of the Library...
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without intelligence" with a passionate temper. A portrait of Betanzos on amatl (maguey paper) was held in the church of Tlazcantla, Tepetlaostoc (Mexico)...
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