Page from an illustrated manuscript featuring a series
Artista: Bernardino de Sahagún
Siglo XVI · México
Colección: Códice Florentino
This page from an illustrated manuscript, attributed to Bernardino de Sahagún, shows a series of botanical vignettes in the style of New Hispanic codices. The Latin text and plant iconography evoke the tradition of herbals and the transmission of knowledge in the early colonial period
humo-de-paramo ceniza-de-volcan obsidiana-pura barro-de-oaxaca manuscrito ilustrado botanica colonial
