A book of Mexican picture-writing known as 'Codex Bodley’ (also called 'Codex Ñuu Tnoo')
Digital surrogate of a book of Mexican picture-writing known as 'Codex Bodley’ (also called 'Codex Ñuu Tnoo')
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A book of Mexican picture-writing: reproduced in colour in vol. I of Lord Kingsborough's Antiquities of Mexico, Lond. 1831.
Known as 'Codex Bodley’ (also called 'Codex Ñuu Tnoo').
Dates
- Creation: 16th century (precolonial; probably shortly before 1521)
Extent
23 Leaves
Language of Materials
- No linguistic content; Not applicable
Mixtec.
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Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Mex. d. 1, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Mex. d. 1
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 18116
Abstract
A book of Mexican picture-writing.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical details unknown.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 2858
Custodial History
Manuscript 453 acquired by the Bodleian Library
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This manuscripts seems to have reached the Library in 1603, 1604, or the first half of 1605.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital surrogate available in Digital Bodleian.
R.Pal.9.99 is a surrogate.
Physical Facet
On leather, illuminated on both sides, a long folded sheet
Dimensions
10 1/4 × 11 1/2 in.
- Title
- A book of Mexican picture-writing known as 'Codex Bodley’ (also called 'Codex Ñuu Tnoo')
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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