Codex Selden (Codex Añute): Mixtec pictorial manuscript (ñee ñuhu)
MS. Arch. Selden. A. 2
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Codex Selden (Codex Añute): Mixtec pictorial manuscript (ñee ñuhu)
Shelfmark
MS. Arch. Selden. A. 2
Associated place
Magdalena Jaltepec
Place of origin
Mexico
Date
1556 × 1560s
Language
Diuxi-Tilantongo Mixtec
Contents
Form
screenfold
Support
deerskin
Physical extent
20 leaves
Decoration
Coloured pictures.
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1659
Provenance
John Selden, 1584–1654
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Title
A treatise in Mexican hieroglyphics, coloured, on one side of some long strips of leather previously whitened so as to bear colour (Codex Mendoza)
Shelfmark
MS. Arch. Selden. A. 2
Date
Written perhaps in the 16th or 17th century
Language
Spanish
Physical facet
On leather, worn, with coloured figures. A long folded strip of four pieces of leather, with modern wrapper of parchment
Physical extent
1 volume
Custodial history
'Petaphio (?) | don Diego hijo de don Domingo | Yuchanam', 16th century.
Manuscript 3148 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
A treatise in Mexican hieroglyphics, coloured, on one side of some long strips of leather previously whitened so as to bear colour (Codex Mendoza)
