Cycles of Time and Meaning in the Mexican Books of Fate

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Copyright © 2007 by Elizabeth Hill Boone All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2007 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713-7819 www.utexas.edu/utpress/about/bpermission.html The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ansi/niso z39.48-1992 (r1997) (Permanence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Boone, Elizabeth Hill. Cycles of time and meaning in the Mexican books of fate / Elizabeth Hill Boone. — 1st ed. p. cm. — (Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn-13: 978-0-292-71263-8 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn-10: 0-292-71263-4 (alk. paper) 1. Aztec mythology. 2. Aztec calendar. 3. Manuscripts, Nahuatl—Mexico. 4. Aztecs—Rites and ceremonies. I. Title. f1219.76.r45b657 2007 529'.32978452—dc22 2006031150 To the memory of Mary Elizabeth Smith, an exacting and erudite scholar who loved those old ink-soaked rags, a generous mentor and friend, and a true fan THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...