Images hr Florentine Codex vol3 0850 hr
Artista: Bernardino de Sahagún (coord.)
Siglo XVI · México
Colección: Códice Florentino
This page belongs to the Florentine Codex, Book Twelve, coordinated by Bernardino de Sahagún, a fundamental encyclopedic work on Nahua culture and the Conquest of Mexico. The colored illustration, created by indigenous tlacuilos, depicts an encounter scene, possibly between local leaders and Spanish conquistadors, reflecting the cultural syncretism and indigenous perspective on the events of the Conquest. Its pictorial style combines European artistic conventions with pre-Hispanic details. The surrounding bilingual handwritten text in Nahuatl and Spanish enriches its historical and documentary value.
manuscrito ilustracion-historica escena-indigena escritura-antigua arte-colonial ilustracion-figurativa escena-narrativa
