Tribute.

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Richmond
Rare Books and Special Collections
Boatwright Library
University of Richmond
28 Westhampton Way
Richmond, VA 23173
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lynda Kachurek
Phone: (804) 289-8458
Fax: (804) 287-1840

Summary

Extent:
2 Items
Creator:
Sico, Jillian M. and Frogsong Press
Language:
English .

Background

Physical description:
"Tribute was designed, printed, and bound by Jillian M. Sico at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa in fall 2018. The cover is bark paper made with Alabama kozo, using amate-making methods the author learned at Taller Santos Rojas in San Pablito, Mexico. San Pablito is the only place where traditional amate, a bark paper pounded with volcanic stone, is still made today. The interior sheets are Alabama kozo and Zerkall book. The text is inspired by the Codex Mendoza, a 1541 book with prehispanic-style Nahutl pictograms with a Spanish gloss. It lists Aztec conquests and tributes demanded from surrounding areas. The back of Tribute shows towns still existing in Mexico today where amate was once made. Prehispanic screenfold books, most of which were burned by the Spanish, were often painted on amate. Some contained mnemonics for recitation of poetry"--Colophon.
Physical facet:
1 volume in clamshell box : includes illustrations
Dimensions:
20 cm
Material specific details:
Rare Book Room copy is 4 of 14. Rare Book Room copy includes author's autograph: JM Sico. Imprint from colophon.