Material-analytical and cultural-historical examinations of colonial-period manuscripts from Mexico in Berlin and Cracow

柏林国家图书馆和克拉科夫的雅盖隆斯卡图书馆拥有几份带插图的手稿：土著和殖民时期的抄本。这些以一种特殊的方式反映了阿兹特克文化以及西班牙殖民统治者与土著居民之间的相互关系。这一独特而多样的收藏品不仅包括土著居民的原始手稿，还包括西班牙语手稿，其中一些是纳瓦特尔语和西班牙语的阿兹特克原始手稿的改编本或复制本。在一项与自然科学家和人文学者的跨学科研究计划中，柏林和克拉科夫的手稿（迄今为止只有少数手稿得到处理）将接受全面的跨学科审查。该计划侧重于各种问题。对库存的文化历史处理首先解决了编纂学问题，但也解决了艺术史问题。因此，其目的是，首先，对各种前西班牙和殖民时期的文本及其特点进行研究。沿着对文本与图像之间联系的考察，对图像程序的分析将发挥核心作用。手稿在多大程度上反映了殖民化？阿兹特克的展示是被西班牙的绘画内容所复制或取代的，还是有一种风格的综合或混合？除此之外，研究阿兹特克人的历史、他们的肖像和文字，以及殖民时期之前和期间的制图也很重要。沿着人文学者的检查，对书写和绘制字符所用材料以及书写表面的自然科学分析也起着重要作用。材料分析可以提供有关手稿历史的信息。沿着首次确定着色和书写材料，材料科学分析将确定哪些碎片属于哪些手稿。区分不同的材料也有助于识别副本。

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and Biblioteka Jagiellonska in Cracow possess several illuminated manuscripts: indigenous and colonial-period codices. These reflect in a special way Aztec culture and the mutual relations between the Spanish colonial rulers and the indigenous population. This unique, heterogeneous stock includes not only original manuscripts of the indigenous population, but also Spanish manuscripts, some of which are adaptations or copies of the original Aztec manuscripts in the Náhuatl and Spanish languages. In an interdisciplinary research plan with natural scientists and humanities scholars, the manuscripts in Berlin and Cracow, only a few of which have been processed so far, will be subjected to a comprehensive, interdisciplinary examination. The plan focuses on various questions.The cultural-historical processing of the stock addresses, first, codicological, but also art-historical questions. The aim is thus, first, to conduct research on the various pre-Spanish and colonial-period texts and their characters. Along with examining the connection between text and picture, the analysis of the pictorial program will play a central role. To what degree is the colonization reflected in the manuscripts? Were the Aztec presentations copied or replaced by Spanish pictorial content, or is there rather a synthesis or mixture of styles? Beyond that, investigating the history of the Aztecs, their iconography and script, and their cartography immediately before and during the colonial period is important.Along with examinations by humanities scholars, natural scientific analyses of the materials used in writing and drawing characters and of the writing surfaces play an important role. Material analysis can provide information about the history of the manuscripts. Along with the first-ever determination of the coloring and writing materials, a materials-scientific analysis will determine which individual fragments belong to which manuscripts. Distinguishing among materials will also make it possible to identify copies.