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ON THE EVE OF THE SPANISH CONQUEST
Jacques Soustelle Translated from the French by Patrick O'Brian
NEW YORK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1962
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Librairie Hachette, 1955. Distribu par Presse-Avenir
English translation 1961 by George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd
First published in France in 1955 under the title LA VIE QUOTIDIENNE DES AZTEQUES A LA VEILLE DE LA CONQUETE ESPAGNOLE
Printed in Great Britain
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'For as long as the world shall endure, the honour and the glory of Mexico-Tenochtitlan must never be forgotten.'
Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin
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| 1 The legendary origin of Tenochtitlan, from the Codex Mendoza in the Bodleian Library, Oxford (Photo: Bodleian Library, Oxford) |
| 2 The temples of Tlaloc and Huitzilopochtli at Tenochtitlan, from the Codex of 1576 in the British Museum (Photo: John Freeman) |
| 3 Zapotec temple at Monte Alban, Mexico (Photo: Ferdinand Anton, Munich) |
| 4 Reconstruction of Tenochtitlan as it was in 1519, from the drawing by Ignacio Marquina (Photo: Natural History Museum , New York) |
| 5 Serpents' heads on the temple at Tenayuca, Mexico (Photo: Ferdinand Anton, Munich) |
| 6 The Emperor Tizoc, from a stone monument in the Museo Nacional de Antropologia y Historia, Mexico (Photo: Ferdinand Anton, Munich) |
| 7 Head of an 'eagle knight', in the Museo Nacional, Mexico (Photo: Ferdinand Anton, Munich) |
| 8 A 'jaguar knight' in combat with a sacrificial victim, from the Codex Magliabecciano in Florence (Photo: John Freeman ) |
| 9 Warriors attacking an island, from the Mixtec Codex Zouche-Nuttall in the British Museum (Photo: British Museum ) |
| 10 Grades of warriors and dignitaries, from the Codex Mendoza in the Bodleian Library, Oxford (Photo: Bodlian Library, Oxford) |
| 11 Priests lacerating themselves with knives, from a drawing in Ramirez' Indias de Nueva Espaa (Photo: John Freeman) |
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| 12 Prisoner of war sacrificed to the god, from the Codex Florentino in Florence ( Bernadino de Sahagun's Historia de las cosas de Nueva Espaa) |
| 13 Human sacrifice, from the Codex Magliabecciano in Florence (Photo: John Freeman) |
| 14 Sacrificial knife with mosaic handle, in the British Museum (Photo: British Museum) |
| 15 Huitzilopochtli, aided by the Emperor Motecuzoma, sacrificing to the sun, from a stone in the Museo Nacional de Antropologia y Historia, Mexico (Photo: Ferdinand Anton, Munich) |
| 16 The goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, statue in the Museo Nacional de Antropologia y Historia, Mexico (Photo: Ferdinand Anton, Munich) |
| 17 The god Tlaloc, statue in the Museum Fr Volkerkunde, Vienna (Photo: Ferdinand Anton, Munich) |
| 18 Ometecuhtli and Omeciuatl, from the Codex Borgia in the Vatican (Photo: John Freeman) |
| 19 The god Xipe Totec, statue in the Museum Fr Volkerkunde, Basel (Photo: Ferdinand Anton, Munich) |
| 20 The god Quetzalcoatl, statue in the Museo Missionario Etnologico, Rome (Photo: Ferdinand Anton, Munich) |
| 21 The god Xochipilli, statue in the Museo Nacional de Antropologia y Historia, Mexico (Photo: Ferdinand Anton , Munich) |
| 22 Turquoise and obsidian encrusted skull, in the British Museum (Photo: British Museum) |
| 23 Statue of a little dog accompanying the dead, Colima culture, from western Mexico |
| 24 Calendar stone once on the main steps of the great temple at Tenochtitlan, in the Museo Nacional, Mexico (Photo: Ferdinand Anton, Munich) |
| 25 Painting of a Tzitzimitl, from the Codex Magliabecciano in Florence (Photo: John Freeman) |
| 26 Education among the Aztecs, from the Codex Mendoza in the Bodleian Library, Oxford (Photo: Bodleian Library , Oxford) |
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| 1. | 27 A wedding, from the Codex Mendoza in the Bodleian Library, Oxford (Photo: Bodleian Oxford Library) |
| 2. | 28 Midnight revels of warriors, from a drawing in Ramirez' Indias de Nueva Espana (Photo: John Freeman ) |
| 3. | 29 Carved wooden single drum, in the Museo Nacional de Antropologia y Historia, Mexico (Photo: Ferdinand Munich Anton ) |
| 4. | 30 A page of tribute records, from the Codex Mendoza in the Bodleian Library, Oxford |
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