Page from an ancient manuscript or codex
Artista: Bernardino de Sahagún
Siglo XVI · México
Colección: Códice Florentino
This image presents a page from a 16th-century manuscript or codex, attributed to Bernardino de Sahagún. It shows text organized into two columns, with clear calligraphy and the use of red initial capitals at the beginning of paragraphs, a common technique of the era. It is a representative piece of Sahagún's monumental ethnographic work, which exhaustively documented the culture and history of pre-Hispanic and viceregal Mexico.
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