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Title:Ancient Mexican material culture as revealed in Codex Vindobonensis Mexicanus, 1940
Contributor:Wilbur, Walter K.
Date:1940
Description:This typescript with hand-colored plates is an analysis of the material culture of one of the eight extant Mixtec codices, Codex Vindobonensis I. This codex is known by several names, including Codex Constantinopolitanus, Codex Byzantinus, and Codex Mexicanus I. The last name is more often used in the present day. The original is housed at the Austrian National Library at Vienna. Includes over three hundred vividly colored pictographs and phonetic signs of the Mixtec language. Repainted by the author, the watercolors exhibit pottery, ornaments, weapons, and ceremonial paraphernalia. Some of these images have been digitized and are available through the APS Digital Library.
Extent:220 pages
Identifier:https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/9716
Language:Uncoded languages
English
Language (ISO639):mis
eng
Subject:Mixtec
Mexico--History
Orthography and spelling
Material culture
Antiquities
Picture-writing
Rites and ceremonies
Religion
Type:Pictographs
Essays
Type (DCMI):StillImage
Text

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