The Codex Laud, or Laudianus, (catalogued as ''MS. Laud Misc. 678'',
Bodleian Library
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in Oxford) is a sixteenth-century
Mesoamerica
Mesoamerica is a historical region and cultural area in southern North America and most of Central America. It extends from approximately central Mexico through Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica. W ...
n codex named for
William Laud
William Laud (; 7 October 1573 – 10 January 1645) was a bishop in the Church of England. Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by Charles I in 1633, Laud was a key advocate of Charles I's religious reforms, he was arrested by Parliament in 1640 ...
, an English archbishop who was the former owner. It is from the
Borgia Group
The Borgia Group is the scholarly designation of number of mostly pre-Columbian documents from central Mexico. In 1830–1831, they were first published in their entirety as colored lithographs of copies made by an Italian artist, Agustino Aglio, ...
, and is a pictorial manuscript consisting of 24 leaves (48 pages) from Central Mexico, dating from before the Spanish takeover. It is evidently incomplete (part of it is lost).
In its content, it is similar to
Codex Bodley
The Codex Bodley is an important pictographic manuscript and example of Mixtec historiography. It was named after the colloquial name of the Bodleian Library, where it has been stored since the 17th century.
History
While the exact date of its ...
and
Codex Borgia
The Codex Borgia ( The Vatican, Bibl. Vat., Borg.mess.1), also known as ''Codex Borgianus'', ''Manuscrit de Veletri'' and ''Codex Yohualli Ehecatl'', is a pre-Columbian Middle American pictorial manuscript from Central Mexico featuring calendrica ...
. It is published (with an "Introduction" by C. A. Burland) in Volume XI of ''CODICES SELECTI'' of the ''Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt'', Graz.
The Bodleian Library holds four other
Mesoamerican codices:
Codex Bodley
The Codex Bodley is an important pictographic manuscript and example of Mixtec historiography. It was named after the colloquial name of the Bodleian Library, where it has been stored since the 17th century.
History
While the exact date of its ...
,
Codex Mendoza
The Codex Mendoza is an Aztec codex, believed to have been created around the year 1541. It contains a history of both the Aztec rulers and their conquests as well as a description of the daily life of pre-conquest Aztec society. The codex is wri ...
,
Codex Selden
The Codex Selden (also known as the Codex Añute) is a Mexican manuscript of Mixtec origin. The codex is an account of the genealogy of the Jaltepec dynasty from the tenth to the 16th century. Codex Selden is possibly a fragment of a much longer i ...
and the
Selden Roll Selden may refer to:
Places
In the United States:
*Fort Selden, in New Mexico
* Selden, Kansas
* Selden, New York
In Switzerland:
*Selden (Kandersteg)
Other uses
*Selden (surname)
*Selden, character from Conan Doyle's ''The Hound of the Baskervi ...
.
Gallery
File:Codex Laud (1).jpg, Other views of the Codex Laud on display at the Bodleian Library
File:Codex Laud (3).jpg,
File:Lauda22.jpg,
References
*
*Facsimile: odex Laud, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms. Laud Misc. 678, pre-colonial, Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt (ADEVA) Graz 1966. Colour facsimile edition of the Old Mexican manuscript. 48 pp., size: 165 x 155 mm. Encased in box with leather spine. Scholarly introduction: C. A. Burland, London, 42 pp. text, 4 plates on art print paper, 1 table. CODICES SELECTI, Vol. XI
External links
A.D.V.G. facsimile of the Laud CodexCodex Laud digitised by J.Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Codex Laud commentary Akademische Druck-u. Verlagsanstalt
966
Year 966 (Roman numerals, CMLXVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* 23 June - Arab-Byzantine Wars, Byzantine-Arab War: Arab-Byzantine ...
edition, digitised by J.Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
MS Laud. Misc. 678Images available on Digital Bodleian
MS Laud Misc. 678In the Bodleian Libraries Catalogue of Medieval Manuscripts
Laud
Bodleian Library collection
Middle American pictorial manuscripts
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