A peer reviewed article by Catherine R. DiCesare, professor of art history at Colorado State University, published in Ethnohistory volume 62, issue 4 (2015), pages 683 to 706, examining the Codex Borbonicus's image of the Huey Tozoztli spring festival and the special prominence the manuscript gives there to the rain god Tlaloc, unusual against the more common veneration of the maize goddess in that festival.
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AuthorCatherine R. DiCesare
PublisherEthnohistory (Duke University Press)
Publication Year2015
URLhttps://read.dukeupress.edu/ethnohistory/article-abstract/62/4/683/9291/Tlaloc-Rites-and-the-Huey-Tozoztli-Festival-in-the
Source Typepeer-reviewed article
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Tier one: a peer reviewed journal article by a named art historian specializing in Aztec ritual imagery, examining the exact page cited here. Connections
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This source names Colorado directly: "DiCesare, professor of art history at Colorado State University, published in Ethnohistory volume 62, issue 4 (2015), pages 683 to 706, examining the Codex Borbonicus's image of the Huey Tozoztli..."
Source Catherine R. DiCesare, "Tlaloc Rites and the Huey Tozoztli Festival in the Mexican Codex Borbonicus," Ethnohistory 62.4 (2015)Catherine R. DiCesare
This source names Tlaloc directly: "manuscript gives there to the rain god Tlaloc, unusual against the more common veneration of the maize goddess in that festival."
Source Catherine R. DiCesare, "Tlaloc Rites and the Huey Tozoztli Festival in the Mexican Codex Borbonicus," Ethnohistory 62.4 (2015)Catherine R. DiCesare
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- Sacred Art & Iconography, 1 claims: 1 holds.
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