Detail View: Rylands Collection: Codice Fisher - Folio 1v

Image Number: 
JRL18012467
Reference Number: 
Mexican MS 2
Image Title: 
Codice Fisher - Folio 1v
Parent Work Title: 
Codice Fisher
Date Created: 
[date not identified]
Page/Sheet: 
1v
Image Sequence Number: 
002
Image Sequence Total: 
006
Description: 
Codice Fisher, first folio (verso) written on amatl (native paper in Nahuatl, in Aztec language, made from the bark of the Mexican fig tree). Nahuatl text with crude drawings.
Keyword: 
Aztec; Aztec codices; pictorial codex; artwork; art; ancient culture; ethnography; history; Central America; Mesoamerica
Language Code: 
nah
Language: 
Nahuatl languages
Subject: 
Legal documents
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Sub-Category: 
Illustrated works
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Technique Used: 
Drawing (image-making) 
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Creation Site: 
Mexico
Places Covered: 
Mexico
Item Height: 
250 mm
Item Width: 
167 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
References: 
Wauchope, Robert, et al. Handbook of Middle American Indians. Austin, University of Texas Press, 1975
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2018-01-23
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2018-02
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB