Open page of an ancient codex or manuscript
Artista: Bernardino de Sahagún (coord.)
Siglo XVI · México
Colección: Códice Florentino
This image displays an open page from a 16th-century codex, coordinated by Bernardino de Sahagún, likely from the Florentine Codex. It features columns of handwritten Spanish text, accompanied by delicate botanical illustrations of plants, hand-painted with great detail and realism, possibly documenting the medicinal flora of New Spain. The combination of text and pictorial elements underscores its value as a fundamental ethnographic and linguistic document for understanding Nahua culture and pre-Columbian knowledge.
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