Prof. Cristian Roa de la Carrera will focus on the transcription by Nahua historian Chimalpahin of the history of the Continue reading
The Newberry Library
A Look at the Newberry's Collection: Maps and Manuscripts in Spanish American Colonial Studies
Prof. Monica Diaz will talk about a 1777 illustrated tract on cochineal (a crimson dye obtained from insects), written by Continue reading
Prof. Santa Arias will discuss three rare documentary sources from the Age of Revolution preserved in the Ayer Collection. The Continue reading
Prof. Amber Brian will share important early transcriptions of works by the seventeenth-century mestizo historian, Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl. Until Continue reading
Lorenzo Boturini Benaduci (1698-1755) was the first to copy the five historical works of Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl (ca. 1578-1650). Continue reading
