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Codex Borgia, eine altmexikanische Bilderschrift der Bibliothek der Congregatio de propaganda fide

Seler, Eduard, 1849-1922, Loubat, J. F. (Joseph Florimond), 1831-1927, Borgia, Stefano, 1731-1804 · 1904 · Berlin [Druck von Gebr. Unger] · 4 pictures

Codex Borgia, a facsimile edition of an Aztec pictorial manuscript from the Vatican's propaganda fide library, edited by Eduard Seler and published in Berlin in 1904 for scholars of Mexican antiquity. Its plates show ritual scenes of deities in elaborate headdresses, feather costumes and jewellery, drawn in clean outline with stylised glyphs in the margins, offering a designer strong examples of Mesoamerican line motifs and symbolic iconography.

Indians of Mexico · Aztec mythology

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