Codex Humboldt

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Codex Humboldt

Amatl Press Americas

Facsimile of images in an original Mexican painting preserved at Berlin by Baron Humboldt preserved in the Royal Cabinet of Antiquities. The tracings were commissioned by Lord Kingsborough and made by Agostino Aglio in the years 1825-31. They are published in vol 2 of Kingsborough's nine volume work on Mexico.

Antiquities of Mexico Comprising facsimiles of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, edited by Viscount Edward King Kingsborough.

An Aztec hieroglyphic manuscript, records the tribute in gold, cloth and other items for a nineteen year period; includes drawings of Aztec rulers and place glyphs. Images of this work is available on line the British Museum.

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Am2006-Drg-221

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