Name/Title
Codex Nuttall, The--Ancient MexicoEntry/Object ID
1986.7.2Secondary Title
A Picture Manuscript from Ancient MexicoDescription
The Codex Nuttall, A Picture Manuscript from Ancient Mexico is the Peabody Museum Fascimile edited by Zelia Nuttall. It contains 86 full-color plates.
It is an ancient painted picture book, a Book of Kings, one of a series of masterworks narrating in picture and hieroglyph the sacred history of the Mixtec. Centering around the year 1000 A. D., it shows the births of kings, their marriages, offspring, and major events in their lives."
The original manuscript was copied by a skilled artist and published in full color in 1902 by the Peabody Museum of Harvard University at the request of Zelia Nuttall.
108/Softbound/IllustrationsLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Codex, Mexico, Mixtec Manuscripts, Hieroglyphics, Iconography, Prehistoric, Native AmericanBook Details
Author
Nuttall, ZeliaPlace Published
City
New York CityState/Province
New YorkDate Published
1975Call No.
Archaeology NUISBN
0-486-23168-2LCCN
74-83057Notes
Copy No.: 1Condition
Overall Condition
Excellent