The plaques in this display illustrate colorfully painted brass figures, each on a blackened wooden base. The images portrayed on these wooden plaques are reproductions of characters found in Mesoamerican codices, or screenfold books, that were used to record histories, the calendar system, and religious belief systems. The clear style and depiction of the figures indicates … [Read more...] about Aztec/Mixtec Codex Images of Deities, in Reproduction: Researched by Katie Kimbrough
Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures were known for recording their histories, their religious stories, their calendar, and even their tribute listings as codices, which in the Mesoamerican world took the form of screenfold books. While the Maya developed a complex system of hieroglyphic writing, other Mesoamerican cultures developed systems of recording information … [Read more...] about Codex Images of Aztec Deities: Researched by Lauren Fitzpatrick