AYACAXTLI
AYACAXTLI - NAHUATL
NDOCO - MIXTEC
RATTLES - ENGLISH
SONAJAS - SPANISH
XA- MAYAN
aka in MAYAN
BAXA*/++
BAX CUHUM*/++
SOOT^
ZOOT
TUCH^
TZAB ^^^
XA
"There were AYACAXTLI made of gold which were the rule for the royal dances"
FROM FLORENTINE CODEX BOOK 8,
KINGS AND LORDS (1954) P 8
*SAHAGUN later states that all such gold sonajas had long since disappeared
(Historia General, Bk V111, chap 9 (Garibay edition, Vol ll, pp 298-299)
NOTE: they were melted down by the Spaniards
*Bernardino de Sahagún,
Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain
(Translation of and Introduction toHistoria General De Las Cosas De La Nueva España;
12 Volumes in 13 Books ), trans. Charles E. Dibble and Arthur J. O Anderson
(Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1950-1982).
THE FLORENTINE CODEX
http://www.wdl.org/en/item/10096/
in the past you would have to go to Florence Italy to see the Florentine Codex
it has now been digitized and may be viewed in its entirety ONLINE
UPLOADED NOV 2012 TO THE NET
NDOCO - MIXTEC
RATTLES - ENGLISH
SONAJAS - SPANISH
XA- MAYAN
aka in MAYAN
BAXA*/++
BAX CUHUM*/++
SOOT^
ZOOT
TUCH^
TZAB ^^^
XA
"There were AYACAXTLI made of gold which were the rule for the royal dances"
FROM FLORENTINE CODEX BOOK 8,
KINGS AND LORDS (1954) P 8
*SAHAGUN later states that all such gold sonajas had long since disappeared
(Historia General, Bk V111, chap 9 (Garibay edition, Vol ll, pp 298-299)
NOTE: they were melted down by the Spaniards
*Bernardino de Sahagún,
Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain
(Translation of and Introduction toHistoria General De Las Cosas De La Nueva España;
12 Volumes in 13 Books ), trans. Charles E. Dibble and Arthur J. O Anderson
(Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1950-1982).
THE FLORENTINE CODEX
http://www.wdl.org/en/item/10096/
in the past you would have to go to Florence Italy to see the Florentine Codex
it has now been digitized and may be viewed in its entirety ONLINE
UPLOADED NOV 2012 TO THE NET