The King Danced in the Market Place
Codex images from Book IX
Collection area: Literature
Collection dates: 1957-1964
Original typescript with holograph notes and corrections; introduction, notes and bibliography for the published version; and offset publication for the original thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for degree of Doctor of Letters from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, 1957. Relates Aztec history and the life of Montezuma, a 15th century Aztec king. Also includes original drawings and tracings from Aztec codices, a Spanish summary of the books, genealogical diagrams for relatives of Moteczuma Ilhuicamina, and photograph negatives of Aztec drawings.
Folklorist, author, and educator; University of Arizona faculty member, 1928-1973.
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