Primeros Memoriales, plate 88
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Siglo XVI · México
Colección: Libros ilustrados
Plate 88 of the 16th-century Primeros Memoriales displays two open pages of an ancient manuscript, showing meticulous columns of handwritten text. This invaluable document is part of the ethnographic and linguistic work compiled by Fray Bernardino de Sahagún and his indigenous collaborators in New Spain. The style is that of a colonial codex or glossary, with entries likely describing or cataloging elements of Nahua culture and the natural world, reflecting the intense effort to document pre-Hispanic knowledge.
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