Detail View: Rylands Collection:
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Image Number:
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Bookreader Mexican MS 2
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Reference Number:
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Mexican MS 2
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Parent Work Title:
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Codice Fisher
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Date Created:
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[date not identified]
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Description:
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Codice Fisher, written on amatl (native paper in Nahuatl, in Aztec language, made from the bark of the Mexican fig tree). Nahuatl text with crude drawings.
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Keyword:
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Aztec; Aztec codices; pictorial codex; artwork; art; ancient culture; ethnography; history; Central America; Mesoamerica
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Language Code:
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nah
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Language:
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Nahuatl languages
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Subject:
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Legal documents
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Illustrated works
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Technique Used:
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Drawing (image-making)
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Creation Site:
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Mexico
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Item Height:
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250 mm
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Item Width:
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167 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner
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Provenance:
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Quaritch, Bernard, 1819-1899, former owner
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Provenance:
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Fischer, Augustin, former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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Wauchope, Robert, et al. Handbook of Middle American Indians. Austin, University of Texas Press, 1975
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References:
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Berger, Uta, Mexican Painted Manuscripts in the United Kingdom, Occasional Paper, Vol. 91. British Museum Press, 1998. pp. 78, 150, 151
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2018-01-23
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2018-02
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Rylands
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