A Mysterious Toltec BookA piece of Nahua literature, the disappearance of which is surrounded by circumstances of the deepest mystery, is theTeo-Amoxtli(Divine Book), which is alleged by certain chroniclers to have been the work of the ancient Toltecs. Ixtlilxochitl, a native Mexican author, states that it was written by a Tezcucan wiseman, one Huematzin, about the end of the seventh century, and that it described the pilgrimage of the Nahua from Asia, their laws, manners, and customs, and their religious tenets, science, and arts. In 1838 the Baron de Waldeck stated in hisVoyage Pittoresquethat he had it in his possession, and the Abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg identified it with the Maya Dresden Codex and other native manuscripts. Bustamante also states that theamamatini(chroniclers) of Tezcuco had a copy in their possession at the time of the taking of their city. But these appear to be mere surmises, and if theTeo-Amoxtliever existed, which on the whole is not unlikely, it has probably never been seen by a European.
A Mysterious Toltec BookA piece of Nahua literature, the disappearance of which is surrounded by circumstances of the deepest mystery, is theTeo-Amoxtli(Divine Book), which is alleged by certain chroniclers to have been the work of the ancient Toltecs. Ixtlilxochitl, a native Mexican author, states that it was written by a Tezcucan wiseman, one Huematzin, about the end of the seventh century, and that it described the pilgrimage of the Nahua from Asia, their laws, manners, and customs, and their religious tenets, science, and arts. In 1838 the Baron de Waldeck stated in hisVoyage Pittoresquethat he had it in his possession, and the Abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg identified it with the Maya Dresden Codex and other native manuscripts. Bustamante also states that theamamatini(chroniclers) of Tezcuco had a copy in their possession at the time of the taking of their city. But these appear to be mere surmises, and if theTeo-Amoxtliever existed, which on the whole is not unlikely, it has probably never been seen by a European.
A Mysterious Toltec BookA piece of Nahua literature, the disappearance of which is surrounded by circumstances of the deepest mystery, is theTeo-Amoxtli(Divine Book), which is alleged by certain chroniclers to have been the work of the ancient Toltecs. Ixtlilxochitl, a native Mexican author, states that it was written by a Tezcucan wiseman, one Huematzin, about the end of the seventh century, and that it described the pilgrimage of the Nahua from Asia, their laws, manners, and customs, and their religious tenets, science, and arts. In 1838 the Baron de Waldeck stated in hisVoyage Pittoresquethat he had it in his possession, and the Abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg identified it with the Maya Dresden Codex and other native manuscripts. Bustamante also states that theamamatini(chroniclers) of Tezcuco had a copy in their possession at the time of the taking of their city. But these appear to be mere surmises, and if theTeo-Amoxtliever existed, which on the whole is not unlikely, it has probably never been seen by a European.
A Mysterious Toltec BookA piece of Nahua literature, the disappearance of which is surrounded by circumstances of the deepest mystery, is theTeo-Amoxtli(Divine Book), which is alleged by certain chroniclers to have been the work of the ancient Toltecs. Ixtlilxochitl, a native Mexican author, states that it was written by a Tezcucan wiseman, one Huematzin, about the end of the seventh century, and that it described the pilgrimage of the Nahua from Asia, their laws, manners, and customs, and their religious tenets, science, and arts. In 1838 the Baron de Waldeck stated in hisVoyage Pittoresquethat he had it in his possession, and the Abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg identified it with the Maya Dresden Codex and other native manuscripts. Bustamante also states that theamamatini(chroniclers) of Tezcuco had a copy in their possession at the time of the taking of their city. But these appear to be mere surmises, and if theTeo-Amoxtliever existed, which on the whole is not unlikely, it has probably never been seen by a European.
A Mysterious Toltec Book
A piece of Nahua literature, the disappearance of which is surrounded by circumstances of the deepest mystery, is theTeo-Amoxtli(Divine Book), which is alleged by certain chroniclers to have been the work of the ancient Toltecs. Ixtlilxochitl, a native Mexican author, states that it was written by a Tezcucan wiseman, one Huematzin, about the end of the seventh century, and that it described the pilgrimage of the Nahua from Asia, their laws, manners, and customs, and their religious tenets, science, and arts. In 1838 the Baron de Waldeck stated in hisVoyage Pittoresquethat he had it in his possession, and the Abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg identified it with the Maya Dresden Codex and other native manuscripts. Bustamante also states that theamamatini(chroniclers) of Tezcuco had a copy in their possession at the time of the taking of their city. But these appear to be mere surmises, and if theTeo-Amoxtliever existed, which on the whole is not unlikely, it has probably never been seen by a European.
A piece of Nahua literature, the disappearance of which is surrounded by circumstances of the deepest mystery, is theTeo-Amoxtli(Divine Book), which is alleged by certain chroniclers to have been the work of the ancient Toltecs. Ixtlilxochitl, a native Mexican author, states that it was written by a Tezcucan wiseman, one Huematzin, about the end of the seventh century, and that it described the pilgrimage of the Nahua from Asia, their laws, manners, and customs, and their religious tenets, science, and arts. In 1838 the Baron de Waldeck stated in hisVoyage Pittoresquethat he had it in his possession, and the Abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg identified it with the Maya Dresden Codex and other native manuscripts. Bustamante also states that theamamatini(chroniclers) of Tezcuco had a copy in their possession at the time of the taking of their city. But these appear to be mere surmises, and if theTeo-Amoxtliever existed, which on the whole is not unlikely, it has probably never been seen by a European.