This dissertation is a concise examination of the complete obverse manuscript
(document 1) of the pre-Hispanic pictogram screen-fold painted by the Mixtec Indians of
Oaxaca. The study begins with the historiography of Native American Mexican screen-fold
books as related by the first historian of the New World, Peter Martyr d’Anghera, in
his De orbe novo and proceeds through major authors from the early twentieth century
to present day. The nature of “native” history is explored as is the nature of pictogram
narrative history. The superficial narrative structure of Codex Zouche-Nuttall, document
1 is then defined and interpretative reading techniques employed in this dissertation are
applied to it.
The codex document 1 contents (pages 1-41) are then listed in detail by section,
structure, personnel, events, and native dates corresponded with the European calendar,
this latter in so far as is possible. This definition explicates each of three bifurcated
sections of the document, each section consisting of a story plus genealogy or
genealogies. Additionally, essays on codex contents are provided to further elaborate
these divisions of study within Codex Zouche-Nuttall document 1. These essays explore
certain mysterious parts of the stories, as in the case of the Ladies Three Flint and the
Four Lords from Apoala. Inferences are made from codex text regarding Postclassic Period Mixtec social
organization via both political structure and religion. The end result is a concise elaboration and explanation of the entire document. / text
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UTEXAS/oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/6651 |
| Date | 23 October 2009 |
| Creators | Williams, Robert Lloyd |
| Source Sets | University of Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | electronic |
| Rights | Copyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works. |
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