Fwd: Aztec manuscripts on display

[John F. Schwaller]

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>AZTEC MANUSCRIPTS DISPLAYED AT THE NEWBERRY
>
>CHICAGO--This fall, a series of displays connects the Newberry Library’s
>diverse collections in the humanities to people’s lives. Timely and
>informal, these displays offer a taste of the collections and relate to
>issues of the daylocal and world events, national holidays and
>commemorative anniversariesas well as to Newberry programs.
>
> >From October 5, through October 17, 2002, in honor of Hispanic Heritage
> Month, the Newberry will display rare Aztec manuscripts from its collections.
>
>Collection materials on display may include, but are not limited to, the
>following items:
>
>· Historia de las cosas de Nueva Espana, text and illustration plate
>facsimiles of Father Bernardino de Sahagún’s General History of the things
>of New Spain, written from 1540-1563 and reproduced for the School of
>American Research, University of Utah: 1950-1982. English and Aztec.
>· Exercisios quotidianos en lengua mexicana, contemporary copy of Father
>Bernardino de Sahagún’s 1574 correction and reworking of an anonymous
>compilation of Biblical readings and meditations in Nahuatl, the Aztec
>language.
>· Bezzero general menologico y chronologico de todos los religiosos que de
>las tres parcialidades conviene, Comprehensive catalogue, written by
>Franciscan priest by Francisco Antonio de la Rosa Figueroa, which includes
>historical and biographical information on members of the Franciscan order
>in New Spain from 1524 to 1764. Figueroa's catalogue, which he wrote from
>1755-1764, opens with preliminary notes concerning his methods and
>sources; and brief comments on the mother province, Santo Evangelio in
>Mexico City, and subordinate provinces of Michoacán, Jalisco, Yucatán,
>Guatemala, Zacatecas, Lima, the Philippines, and Florida. In Spanish.
>· Siguense unos sermones de dominicas y de santos en lengua mexicana,
>compilations of sermons in Nahuatl by Father Bernardino de Sahagún, begun
>in 1540 and revised and corrected in 1563. Manuscript is on pounded bark
>paper. (Please note: This item may not be displayed due to conservation
>concerns.)
>
>For more information, please call the Center for Public Programs at (312)
>255-3700.
>
>
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>Erika Kneen
>Public Relations Manager
>The Newberry Library
>60 W. Walton St., Chicago 60610
>Phone: (312) 255-3553
>Fax: (312) 255-3543
>

John F. Schwaller
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean
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University of Minnesota, Morris
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schwallr at mrs.umn.edu