Florentine Codex illustration of the birth of Huitzilopochtli at Coatepec and the defeat of Coyolxauhqui. The first hymn of Rig Veda Americanus is the war song of Huitzilopochtli.
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ca. 1577 - Florentine Codex, Book III illustration
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence
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Opening folio of Book III of the Florentine Codex, 'Libro tercero, del principio que tuvieron los dioses' - on the origin of the gods. The Nahuatl hymns Brinton published as Rig Veda Americanus were collected in Sahagun's same project.
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ca. 1577 - Florentine Codex, Book III (WDL 10614)
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence (World Digital Library scan)
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Florentine Codex painting of a ritual heart sacrifice on a temple platform. Several hymns in Rig Veda Americanus accompany the festival sacrifices that Sahagun's informants describe.
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ca. 1577 - Florentine Codex illustration, human sacrifice
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence
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