Codex Mexicanus caractere hieroglyphi

Codex Laud, p. 16

Folio 14 This was the end page of a skin, and the tool marks made when smoothing the surface are coarse and heavy. This is repeated on the dorsal surface of the page so it is presumably due to rapid drying of the white paste on a too absorbent piece of skin. Folio 15 Shows irregularities in the plaster which resulted in too rapid drying of the surface, thus producing a small crack which has penetrated the paste. Folio 16. There are some cracks on the lower edge of the folio which appear to be the result of mis-folding in the past. This shows on the dorsal side of the folio as the beginning of a greyish dusty area of the Codex. Folio 17. Bodleian Library stamp. The painted surface has flaked a little in the lower left quadrant. Folio 18. The cracks in the lower register were caused by misfolding in the past. The white abraded areas near the joint have a glossy surface. This may be due to a smoothing process. If this was ancient the deposit of fine grey dust on the surface ocurred before the Codex came to Europe; but equally it might be due to pressure by glass at a later period, or even to the application of a transparent varnish, though this is unlikely in view of the absence of colour and the lack of any sign of depth in the glossy areas. Folio 19. Shows similar abraded white areas to those on 18, and equally they have a light-reflecting glossy surface. There are some brown splashes on this page which appear to be water-colour pigment. They have dried with a matt non-reflecting surface. Folio 20. Has a hole in the upper right edge which was present in the original skin before it was prepared for painting. This folio shows a few small brown pigment spots on the surface. The lower part of the