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Codex Mendoza

Latin American manuscript

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Latin American art

  • Diego Rivera: Popular History of Mexico
    In Latin American art: Mesoamerica

    Included in the Codex Mendoza (begun in 1541) were a tribute list, of great interest to him in the exploitation of the new domain; a summary of cultural ranks and behaviour expected from men and women at different stages of life; and a list of monthly religious observances,…

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