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Franciscan missionary. Signature. Bernardino de Sahagún OFM ( c.1499 – 5 February 1590) was a Franciscan friar, missionary priest and pioneering ethnographer who participated in the Catholic evangelization of colonial New Spain (now Mexico). Born in Sahagún, Spain, in 1499, he journeyed to New Spain in 1529.
…the 16th-century Spanish Franciscan Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, who spent much of his life in missionary work in Mexico. Sahagún was ordered to write in Nahuatl the information needed by his colleagues for the conversion of the indigenous peoples of the region.
Learn about the work of Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, a Franciscan friar and ethnographer who documented ancient Mexico in the 16th century. Explore his manuscripts, the Matritense and Florentine Codex, with images and texts in Náhuatl and Spanish.
Jun 26, 2024 · Bernardino de Sahagún documented the old world of Mexico before the Spanish, perserving native beliefs and identities.
A Franciscan missionary who evangelized the Nahua peoples in New Spain and wrote the General History of the Things of New Spain. Learn about his life, works, and legacy as a pioneer ethnographer of the New World.
Learn about the Florentine Codex, a 12-volume manuscript created by the Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagún and his indigenous collaborators in the sixteenth century. It documents the culture, religion, history, and art of the central Mexican peoples before and after the Spanish Conquest.
Learn about the Florentine Codex, a 12-volume encyclopedia of Nahua culture and history created by the Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagún and his indigenous assistants in the sixteenth century. Explore the structure, content, and illustrations of this remarkable manuscript, now in the Medici Library in Florence.
