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Publicado: 2021-12-07

Un paraíso floral entre páginas: Análisis de las decoraciones botánicas en el Códice Florentino

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Harper Dine

Harper Dine estudia el doctorado en Brown University (Rhode Island, Estados Unidos) y tiene una maestría en antropología por la misma institución. Sus investigaciones emplean la arqueología y la paleoetnobotánica para entender las prácticas agrícolas y la seguridad alimentaria en el área maya. Se interesa además en las imágenes botánicas de Mesoamérica. En 2019, publicó como coautora en Ancient Mesoamerica el artículo “Famine Foods and Food Security in the Northern Maya Lowlands: Modern Lessons for Ancient Reconstructions”. Correo electrónico: harper_dine@brown.edu.

Resumen

El Códice Florentino, también conocido como la Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España, es una colección de doce libros compilada por Bernardino de Sahagún para documentar y observar las prácticas indígenas en el centro de México en la parte final del siglo XVI. Frecuentemente omitidas en los estudios del documento, en los pequeños espacios entre las columnas de texto a lo largo de los tres volúmenes existen más de 600 decoraciones botánicas y volutas. Este trabajo es una reevaluación de textos anteriores sobre dichas decoraciones, que presenta además un análisis de las imágenes botánicas en relación con investigaciones sobre herbarios, ilustraciones botánicas y obras  contemporáneas. Las decoraciones consisten en flores y frutas significativas en las tradiciones religiosas precolombinas y cristianas, y hacen que el Códice se vuelva un paraíso floral.

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Dine, Harper. 2021. «Un paraíso Floral Entre páginas: Análisis De Las Decoraciones botánicas En El Códice Florentino». Estudios De Cultura Náhuatl 62 (diciembre):187-235. https://nahuatl.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ecn/article/view/78000.
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