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The book of the life of the ancient Mexicans : containing an account of their rites and superstitions : an anonymous Hispano-Mexican manuscript preserved at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence, Italy : reproduced in facsimile / with introduction, translation, and commentary by Zelia Nuttall.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Nuttall, Zelia, 1858-1933, translator.
Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Firenze.
University of California (1868-1952), publisher.
Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)
Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.
Language:
English
Spanish
Subjects (All):
Aztecs--Religion and mythology.
Aztecs.
Manuscripts, Mexican (Pre-Columbian)--Facsimiles.
Manuscripts, Mexican (Pre-Columbian).
Genre:
Facsimiles.
Penn Provenance:
Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)
Physical Description:
xix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 80 leaves : facsimiles ; 18 x 25 cm
Place of Publication:
Berkeley : University of California, 1903.
Contents:
Part I. Introduction and facsimile.
Notes:
Facsimile of the pictographs in colors, with accompanying text in black.
The manuscript formed part of the collection of Antonio Magliabecchi, and is classified in the Biblioteca as "Cod. Magl. XIII, 11, 3." It is named by Mrs. Nuttall the "Magliabecchi manuscript."
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Local Notes:
Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
OCLC:
63580056

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