| Note: | J62 |
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| Object Name: | Rhetorica Christiana | |
| Creation Date: | 1579 | |
| Culture: | Mexican Colonial | |
| Location: | Mexico | |
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| Image source: | Photo by Manuel Aguilar. Courtesy Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin | |
| Indian rituals (ceremonies) and customs. This graphic illustration is one of many scenes observed by the first tweIve Franciscans who arrived in the New World during the sixteenth century after the conquest. The narrative content on the drawing presents a specific moment in Mexican history and depicts a well advanced form of organization of villages, towns and pre-Columbian structures and its inhabitants. Indian traditional rituals and customs continued its existence and were celebrated in temples and ample atrios. | ||
