Codex Zouche-Nuttall is a pre-Columbian document of Mixtec pictography, 1200-1521. Artist: Unknown.


Codex Zouche-Nuttall is a pre-Columbian document of Mixtec pictography, 1200-1521. Codex (screenfold manuscript book) comprising 47 leaves, made of painted deer skin, painted. Contains two narratives: one side of the document relates the history of important centres in the Mixtec region, while the other, starting at the opposite end, records the genealogy, marriages and political and military feats of the Mixtec ruler, Eight Deer Jaguar-Claw. British Museum.


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