Event Description
The Cruz-Badiano Codex, which transmits Nahua medicinal recipes translated into Latin, was compiled in 1552 by Indigenous scholars of the College of Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco, among them the physician MartÃn de la Cruz and the translator Juan Badiano. It is decorated with 184 vivid illustrations of curative plants that have inspired works by artist Blanka Amezkua. The conversation will consider Amezkua's works.
Event Speakers
- Blanka Amezkua, artist
- Nuria Galland, Director of the Mexican Museum of Medicine
- Moderated by Stephanie Reitzig, graduate student in history at Columbia University
Event Information
Free and open to the public; registration required. Contact Susan Boynton at [email protected] with any questions.
Hosted by the Center for Science and Society, the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program, and the University Seminar on the History and Philosophy of Science at Columbia University.
