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12 Dancepoems from the Cosmic Typewriter / Houedard, Dom Sylvester ; Medalla D ; Ponge F., 1969

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Identifier: CC-09722-9915

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Scope and Contents

Also designated Aplomb Zero No.1. In an introductory essay, Houedard discusses buddhas, tantras, and Zen. These poems were translated from the Nahuati language by Houedard. The manuscript for these translations is also held byu the Sackner Archive.Wikipedia: ahuatl (Nahuatl pronunciation: [ˈnaːwatɬ] ( listen), with stress on the first syllable) is a language of the Nahuan branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family. It is spoken by an estimated 1.5 million Nahua people, most of whom live in Central Mexico. All Nahuan languages are indigenous to Mesoamerica. Nahuatl has been spoken in Central Mexico since at least the 7th century AD. It was the language of the Aztecs, who dominated what is now central Mexico during the Late Postclassic period of Mesoamerican history. During the centuries preceding the Spanish conquest of Mexico, the Aztec Empire had expanded to incorporate most of Mexico, and its influence caused the variety of Nahuatl spoken by the residents of Tenochtitlan becoming a prestige language in Mesoamerica. At the conquest, with the introduction of the Latin alphabet, Nahuatl also became a literary language and many chronicles, grammars, works of poetry, administrative documents and codices were written in the 16th and 17th centuries.[4] This early literary language based on the Tenochtitlan variety has been labeled Classical Nahuatl and is among the most studied and best documented languages of the Americas. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1969

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 soft cover book (20 pages)) ; 25.8 x 13.2 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

box shelf

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: Sherborne, England : South Street Publications. Nationality of creator: British. General: Number of duplicates: 1. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: RED.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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