Michoacán Codex
Artista: No identificado
Siglo XVI · México
Colección: Relación de Michoacán
Manuscript page from the Codex of Michoacán, a valuable 16th-century document that narrates the history, mythology, and social organization of the Purépecha people. The handwritten text, in old Spanish, is accompanied by decorated initials, reflecting the scribal practices of the time and the importance of this codex as a primary source for the study of pre-Hispanic Mexico.
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