Immerse In Script And Glyph: Pre-Hispanic History, Colonial Bookmaking And The Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca Developed By Dana Leibsohn Delivered In Digital Edition

Historia ToltecaChichimeca was created at a pivotal transitional moment, bridging an era when pictorial manuscripts dominated and one that witnessed the rising hegemony of alphabetic texts.
The Historia was composed using both systems, yet, as Dana Leibsohn notes, neither was fully trusted, Leibsohn analyzes the choices made by the patron, don Alonso de Castaeda, and tlacuilos enlisted to create the manuscript, How does one create a history Which narratives are included, and which are strikingly absent Which modes of representation are called upon to convey certain types of information Leibsohn argues how the very practice of historykeeping itself sustains or challenges a current reality.


Central to the Historia ToltecaChichimeca is the creation, representation, and understanding of landscape, In the recording of ancestral migrations, don Alonso delineates territory, noting boundaries and

their histories, and also reveals relationships with a sacred landscape, detailing how relationships with territory were constantly reinscribed.
In this sense, Script and Glyph is a particularly appropriate volume for Dumbarton Oaks, as it crosses the boundaries of PreColumbian and Landscape areas of study.
The volume is beautifully illustrated with color images from the manuscript itself, .