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

柏林国立图书馆和克拉科夫的雅盖隆斯卡图书馆拥有几份有插图的手稿：土著和殖民时期的抄本。这些都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。这种独特的、异质的库存不仅包括土著居民的原始手稿，还包括西班牙手稿，其中一些是用Náhuatl和西班牙语改编或复制的阿兹特克原始手稿。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（迄今为止只处理了其中的一小部分）将受到全面的跨学科检查。该计划侧重于各种问题。股票的文化历史处理，首先是法典问题，但也是艺术史问题。因此，其目的首先是对西班牙之前和殖民时期的各种文本及其特征进行研究。在考察文字与图片之间的联系的同时，对图像程序的分析将发挥核心作用。在何种程度上，手稿反映了殖民？阿兹特克的表现是被西班牙的绘画内容复制或取代的，还是有一种综合或混合的风格？除此之外，研究阿兹特克人的历史，他们的图像和文字，以及他们在殖民时期之前和期间的制图也很重要。随着人文学者的检验，对书写和绘制汉字所用材料和书写表面的自然科学分析发挥了重要作用。材料分析可以提供有关手稿历史的信息。随着首次确定颜色和书写材料，材料科学分析将确定哪些单个碎片属于哪些手稿。材料之间的区别也将使识别副本成为可能。

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.