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Author Hajovsky, Patrick Thomas, 1970- author.

Title On the lips of others : Moteuczoma's fame in Aztec monuments and rituals / Patrick Thomas Hajovsky.

Publication Info. Austin : University of Texas Press, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 194 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- The two Moteuczomas -- Fame and transformation -- The royal icon -- Resonances of the speech glyph -- Visibility and invisibility of the name glyph -- Absence and presence of body -- The Chapultepec portrait -- Colonial reflections on Aztec portraiture -- Conclusion.
Summary An interdisciplinary study investigating how the name and portrait of Moteuczoma (a.k.a. Moctezuma/Montezuma) II were represented in Aztec monuments and colonial manuscripts and how the concept of fame operated in the Aztec world.
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Subject Montezuma II, Emperor of Mexico, approximately 1480-1520 -- Portraits.
Montezuma II, Emperor of Mexico, approximately 1480-1520.
Genre/Form Portraits.
Subject Aztec art.
Aztec art.
Fame.
Fame.
Aztecs -- Kings and rulers.
Aztecs -- Kings and rulers.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Portraits.
Other Form: Print version: Hajovsky, Patrick Thomas, 1970- On the lips of others 9780292766686 (DLC) 2014023105 (OCoLC)886879138
ISBN 9780292766693 (electronic book)
0292766696 (electronic book)
9780292766686 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0292766688 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9781477307243 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
1477307249 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
Sudoc No. Z UA380.8 H127on