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Lunar Phases and Eclipses in the Borgia Group Codices
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Chapter 6 explores the importance of solar and lunar cycles in rain almanacs of the Codex Borgia, which record Calendar Round dates that coincide with the new moon and the full moon. In the directional almanac on Borgia 49–52, a 52-year period is divided into thirteen-year intervals, and the almanac includes dates that coincide with fire-drilling rituals near yearend in February. The recorded Calendar Round dates suggest an attempt to integrate the cycles of the sun, moon, and Venus, the three brightest celestial bodies. Chapter 6 also includes analysis of images and calendar intervals in the Borgia Group codices that can be related to solar eclipses and lunar eclipse events. The last section focuses on the iconography related to eclipse imagery in Aztec art and a dramatic representation of a total eclipse event on Codex Borgia 40, represented by Venus gods attacking the Sun God and cutting out his heart.
Title: Lunar Phases and Eclipses in the Borgia Group Codices
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Chapter 6 explores the importance of solar and lunar cycles in rain almanacs of the Codex Borgia, which record Calendar Round dates that coincide with the new moon and the full moon.
In the directional almanac on Borgia 49–52, a 52-year period is divided into thirteen-year intervals, and the almanac includes dates that coincide with fire-drilling rituals near yearend in February.
The recorded Calendar Round dates suggest an attempt to integrate the cycles of the sun, moon, and Venus, the three brightest celestial bodies.
Chapter 6 also includes analysis of images and calendar intervals in the Borgia Group codices that can be related to solar eclipses and lunar eclipse events.
The last section focuses on the iconography related to eclipse imagery in Aztec art and a dramatic representation of a total eclipse event on Codex Borgia 40, represented by Venus gods attacking the Sun God and cutting out his heart.
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