Page from an ancient manuscript with handwritten text
Artista: Anónimo tlacuilo mexica (Códice Mendoza)
Siglo XVI · México
Colección: Códice Mendoza
This manuscript page, by an anonymous New Hispanic author, features dense cursive handwriting characteristic of documents from the Ibero-American colonial period. Its style, with fluid calligraphy and some ligatures, suggests local production of the era, possibly of an administrative nature.
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