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Glad to see it, especially when compared to the fate of Mayan codices that fell into catholic hands: "We found a large number of books in these characters and,
by tragomaskhalos 12y ago
Glad to see it, especially when compared to the fate of Mayan codices that fell into catholic hands:
"We found a large number of books in these characters and,
as they contained nothing in which were not to be seen as superstition and lies of the devil, we burned them all, which they (the Maya) regretted to an amazing degree, and which caused them much affliction." (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_codices http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_codices)
- xico 12y agoCatholics, in particular Franciscans, have also been extremely useful in describing, preserving and creating codices describing the life, history and mythology of the precolumbians, not to mention their roles in the syncretic emerging culture. Once could cite [Bernardino de Sahagún](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardino_de_Sahag%C3%BAn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardino_de_Sahag%C3%BAn) for instance.
- acdha 12y agoThat was true of much of the Aztec written culture as well but there were some notable exceptions. We can thank Fray Bernardino de Sahagún for saving some important parts of the Nahua tradition despite his personal views: http://beta.wdl.org/en/item/10096/#collection=florentine-codex http://beta.wdl.org/en/item/10096/#collection=florentine-cod...
- indubitably 12y agoThis particular text is already widely available. (There are scans of the whole thing on Wikipedia, for instance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Borgia#mediaviewer/File:Codex_Borgia_page_1.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Borgia#mediaviewer/File:C... .