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The 'Codex Selden' (also known as 'Codex Añute').

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  • First published:
  • 16th century
  • Language: Norwegian
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source

Description

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A screenfold of Mixtec origin, pre-Conquest in style, recording the genealogies and history from A.D. 783 to A.D. 1556 of the rulers of a place called 'Cloud Belching Mountain', identifiable as Añute (Jaltepec) in the Mixtec Alta (Oaxaca, Mexico). Similar to MS. Mex. d. 1. Mexican picture-writing. It is read starting at the bottom and winding upward in boustrophedon. Descriptions taken from A. Caso, Interpretacion del Codice Selden 3135 (A.2), Mexico, 1964. M and F have been added prior to names to differentiate between male and female figures. The 'Codex Selden' (also known as 'Codex Añute').

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Occultism and esotericism and Shamanism and spirit practice.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from digital-bodleian matched “esoteric”.

    • “esoteric”· via Digital Bodleian — Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
  • Shamanism and spirit practice

    Controlled discovery queries from digital-bodleian matched “shamanism”.

    • “shamanism”· via Digital Bodleian — Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

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Coated (deer?) skin; Digital Bodleian completeness: partial; 21 digitized image(s); Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Arch. Selden. A. 2

shortly after 1556—Norwegian—Partial public reader

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Cataloging notes

  • Bodleian shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Arch. Selden. A. 2
  • Collection: Early Modern Manuscripts and Archives; Images from 35mm Slides and Filmstrips; Mesoamerican Manuscripts; Western Medieval Manuscripts
  • Holding institution: Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
  • Place of origin: Mexico; Mixtec Highlands, Añute (Jaltepec)
  • Rights and attribution: Photo: © Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford. Terms of use: CC BY-NC 4.0 . For more information, please see https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/terms/
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digital-bodleian:5fb5517b-0539-4531-b996-44fa52ede044
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