Page from an ancient manuscript or ledger
Artista: Anónimo tlacuilo mexica (Códice Mendoza)
Siglo XVI · México
Colección: Códice Mendoza
This page from an anonymous New Spain manuscript, presumably a ledger, features dense and organized cursive writing in columns, characteristic of administrative and commercial documentation of the time. The style is purely functional, without decorative or illustrative elements.
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