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Diego Durán

Diego Durán was a Spanish historian, writer and missionary (1537–1588). He was born at Seville and died at Mexico City.

Also recorded as Diego Duran.

Diego Durán in brief

Born
1537
Died
1588
Known for
historian, writer and missionary
Place of birth
Seville
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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the heading Diego Duran. His recorded language was Spanish. His recorded confession was Catholic Church.

Catalogued works

15 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1600 to 1999.

Santa Prisca Church. Codex Durán, dated 1600, held by Biblioteca Nacional de España, inventory Vitr/26/11. Libro de los dioses y los ritos. Libro de los ritos. Historia de la Indias de Nueve España e islas de la Tierra Firme, dated 1967. Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la Tierra Firme, dated 1967. Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de tierra firme, dated 1995. Historia de las Indias de Nueve España e islas de la Tierra Firme, dated 1967. The history of the Indies of New Spain, dated 1994. The Aztecs, dated 1900. Historia de las Indias de Nueva-España y islas de Tierra Firme, dated 1867. Ritos y fiestas de los antiguos mexicanos, dated 1900. Book of the gods and rites, dated 1971. Book of the gods and rites and The ancient calendar. Origin and evolution of viruses / edited by Esteban Domingo, Robert Webster, John Holland., dated [1999], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

Biblioteca Nacional de España: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Durán, Diego, African American Studies Center, 2016. Durán, Diego, Religion Past and Present. DIEGO DURÁN (1537-1588), Music in Aztec and Inca Territory, 1976. Fray Diego Durán y los trabajos de traducción de un nuevo mundo, Caravelle, 1996. <i>The History of the Indies of New Spain.</i> Fray Diego Durán, American Anthropologist, 1995. Imágenes de la conquista de México en los códices del siglo XVI. Una lectura de su contenido simbólico, Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, 2012. El horizonte hermenéutico y el valor etnohistórico en la anotación filológica del «Libro de los ritos» (1579) de fray Diego Durán (OP), Hipogrifo: Revista de Literatura y Cultura del Siglo de Oro, 2016. El Rol del Estado en la Eficacia y Mejora de la Educación: ¿Hacia una Imposición Ideológica?, Revista Iberoamericana sobre Calidad, Eficacia y Cambio en Educación, 2016. La mentalidad difusionista popular, Anales de Antropología, 2011. Selective laser etching fabrication of stacked microporous membranes for multisize particle separation in 3D microfluidics, Scientific Reports, 2025. Estimación anatómica de calidad de video en televisión digital abierta ISDB-T basada en indicadores objetivos y subjetivos, Memoria Investigaciones en Ingeniería, 2014. Sobre fray Diego Durán, The History of the Indies of New Spain, Historia Mexicana El Colegio de México, 1997. La misión de narrar: idolatría, evangelización e hibridación en <i>Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e Islas de la Tierra Firme</i> (1581) de fray Diego Durán, Orbis Tertius, 2014.

Digitised editions and texts

7 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

historia de las indias de nueva espana y islas de tierra firme por el padre fray diego duran (1951) — Internet Archive. Diego Duran - Memories of Future Past (2025) — Internet Archive. Historia De Las Indias De Nueva España Tomo I — Internet Archive. historia de las indias de nueva-espana y islas de tierra fime (1951) — Internet Archive. Historia De Las Indias De Nueva España Tomo II — Internet Archive. The Aztecs (1964) — Internet Archive. Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de tierra firme (1995) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 17 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1537Diego Durán born at Seville.
  2. 1588Diego Durán died at Mexico City.
  3. 1600Codex Durán (Biblioteca Nacional de España).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    <i>The History of the Indies of New Spain.</i> Fray Diego Durán, American Anthropologist, 1995

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    DIEGO DURÁN (1537-1588), Music in Aztec and Inca Territory, 1976

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Durán, Diego, African American Studies Center, 2016

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Durán, Diego, Religion Past and Present

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Fray Diego Durán y los trabajos de traducción de un nuevo mundo, Caravelle, 1996

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Open Library author record for Diego Durán (Internet Archive), 10 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 27 articles naming Diego Durán.

    open access index · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Internet Archive, 7 digitised items catalogued under Diego Durán as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  9. 9.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 1 work naming Diego Durán.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  10. 10.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1220424: Diego Durán

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  11. 11.

    “Diego Durán”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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