Title |
Codex Mexicanus caractere hieroglyphi |
Subject |
Manuscripts, Mexican-Pre-Columbian -- Facsimiles. Indians of Mexico -- Religion and mythology. Manuscripts, Nahuatl -- Facsimiles.; Indigenous peoples--North America |
Description |
Codices from 15th and 16th century Mexico. These Mesoamerican manuscripts described wars, victories, famine, pestilence, religious events, and other elements of ancient Mesoamerican culture. The codices often consisted of one long extension or band of paper called amatl, produced from the bark of a type of fig tree. Glyphs, or pictorial representations, were used for the text. |
Publisher |
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
Contributors |
Series Editors: Francisco Sauer; Josepho Stummvoll. Introduction: C. A. Burland. |
Date |
1966 |
Type |
Text |
Format |
image/jpeg |
Identifier |
laud |
Source |
Codex Laud Bodleian Library Oxford. Introduction: C. A. Burland. Graz, Akademische Druck - u. Verlagsanstalt, 1966 |
Language |
deu; eng |
Coverage |
15th Century, Mexico |
Rights Management |
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
Source Physical Dimensions |
17 x 22.5 cm |
Scanning Technician |
Bin Zhang; Kelly Taylor |
Call Number |
F1219 .B645 1966; Record ID 99858630102001 |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6vf074f |
Setname |
uum_rbc |
ID |
236106 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vf074f |
Title |
Codex Laud, p. 17 |
Subject |
Manuscripts, Mexican (Pre-Columbian) -- Facsimiles. |
OCR Text |
Show page exhibits tool marks where the surface was smoothed. This is similar to the surface of Folio 19. These two folios are terminal sections of skins, and the joint-mark runs across the dorsal surface of Folio 20. Folio 21. Bodleian Library stamp. Flaking near the fold of the document is a little more marked than usual. On the lower right there is a splash of a very liquid blue pigment. It may have been a sample of the blue paint used for smaller details on this section of the codex, but if so its difference in tone would indicate that the colour was built up in several layers. A more probable explanation would be that it was a drop of water from a brush previously used with blue pigment, probably by Aglio, whose reproduction uses exactly this type of blue. Folio 22. There is much wear at the upper left corner of the joint between folios. There is a slight smear of brownish-cream paint from the breast of one figure, and a smudge of the same colour near the base of a knife held by Tezcatlipoca. This was probably due to brushing away a particle of sand in the paint. Folio 23. There are a number of natural creases in the leather of this folio. They are not due to damp since the form of the page is not distorted. They have been smoothed by overpainting but are still visible. This page preserved rather more of the glossy smooth surface than most others. Folio 24.…2022 This page is engrained with very fine dust as if it had been displayed open for some time. The surface is smooth and glossy. The cover overlaps about 1 mm. on the three outer corners of this folio to which it is attached on the dorsal side. This concludes the Frontal side of the Codex. When turned round and re-opened it is found that the figures on the Dorsal side are head to head and foot to foot with the figures on the Frontal side. The top and bottom edges of the folio bear the same relationship to the painted |
Contributors |
C. A. Burland |
Type |
Image |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
017.tif |
Source |
Codex Laud Bodleian Library Oxford. Introduction: C. A. Burland. Graz, Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1966. |
Coverage |
Mexico, 16th Century |
Setname |
uum_rbc |
ID |
236099 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vf074f/236099 |