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