Codex Vaticanus 3773 (Codex Vaticanus B) Ein altmexikanische Bilderschrift der Vatikanischen Bibliothek Herausgegeben auf Kosten Seiner Excellenz des Herzogs von Loubat, Correspondirenden Mitgiledes

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Author: Seler, Eduard (1849-1922) Year: 1902 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press Place: Berlin Description: 2 volumes in one. [ii]+244 pages with diagrams, illustrations and drawings; title [245]-356 pages with diagrams, illustrations, drawings and index plus 96 pages of the reproduction of the codex. Folio (14 3/4" x 11") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Handbook of Middle American Indians Volume 14 (384). First edition. Vaticanus B, Codex. Codex Vaticanus. Codice Vaticano Rituale. Codice Fabrega. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Rome. Ritual-calenderical. Borgia Group. Preconquest. 49 leaves (48 painted pages on each side; initial and terminal pages attached to original wooden covers). 13 x 15 centimeters. (total length about 735 centimeters). The history of the manuscript prior to 1596-1600, the date of a Vatican catalog which describes the number 3773, is unknown. A reference by Mercati (1589) to two Mexican manuscripts in the Vatican refers to Codex Rios (Vaticanus 3738 or A) but may not include Codex Vaticanus B. Like other screen-folds of the Borgia Group, Codex Vaticanus B contains a complex presentation of the tonalpohualli, the 260 day Mesoamerican divinatory calendar. The 28 identifiable sections of manuscript treat specific aspects of the tonalpohualli such as the 5 x 52 and 20 x 13 days and their associated deities as well as various series of gods, world directions, etc. The first partial publication was by Humboldt (1810), the first edition by Kinsborou

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