Florentine Codex Book 9 The Merchants Part XPDF电子书下载

First Chapter，which telleth of those who founded commerce in Mexico and Tlatilulco 1

Second Chapter．Here is told how the merchants began their office，in which they were considered [and] honored as principal [merchants] 3

Third Chapter，which telleth of the offerings which the merchants made when they were going to set out somewhere 9

Fourth Chapter，which telleth what the merchants did when they reached where they were going 17

Fifth Chapter，which telleth how the merchants were given the name of disguised merchants 21

Sixth Chapter，which telleth how the merchants made offerings when they reached their homes，whence they had gone，called the washing of feet 27

Seventh Chapter，which telleth how these merchants at that time held a banquet 33

Eighth Chapter，which telleth how he who held the banquet performed the act of offering，to pay the debt [to the gods] 37

Ninth Chapter，which telleth what they did when it was about to dawn，and what they did when the sun arose 41

Tenth Chapter．Here is told of still another feast celebration (which was called＂the bathing＂) 45

Eleventh Chapter．Here is told what was done when the holding of a feast was determined 51

Twelfth Chapter．Here is told what the one who determined the holding of the feast prepared in his city 55

Thirteenth Chapter．Here is told how they began the feast and what was then done 59

Fourteenth Chapter．Here is told how they slew the slaves at the time that they observed the feast day 63

Fifteenth Chapter．Here are mentioned all the makers of fine ornaments called master craftsmen：the gold workers and lapidaries 69

Sixteenth Chapter．Here is told how the craftsmen who cast precious metals fashioned their wares 73

Seventeenth Chapter．Here are discussed the lapidaries who worked precious stones 79

Eighteenth Chapter．Here are mentioned the inhabitants of Amantlan，ornamenters who worked precious feathers and many other kinds of feathers 83

Nineteenth Chapter．Here is told how the inhabitants of Amantlan，ornamenters who made feather articles，celebrated a feast day to their gods 87

Twentieth Chapter，which telleth the manner in which these inhabitants of Amantlan，the ornamenters，worked feathers for adornment 91

Twenty-first Chapter．Here is told how those of Amantlan，the ornamenters，performed their task 93