Research Group for the Study of Manuscripts SIGLUM extends an invitation to an online lecture (in Polish) on manuscripts and picture writings from pre-Spanish Mexico “Księgi dni – manuskrypty dywinacyjne z przedhiszpańskiego środkowego Meksyku“. The lecture will be given by prof. Katarzyna Mikulska from the Institute of Iberian and Ibero-American Studies at the University of Warsaw on 20 January 2022 at 18.00 via Zoom. For links to the meeting please contact siglum@wn.uw.edu.pl

Źródło: Mirosław Kaźmierczak/UW

Prof. Katarzyna Mikulska and her research team have been working on a comprehensive edition of Vatican Codex B (Vat.lat. 3773), carrying out codicological and material analysis of the codex in collaboration with the MOLAB experts from Perugia (a branch of e-rihs.it consortium). The manuscript, executed before the Spanish conquest of Mexico, gives an excellent insight into the Aztec religion and culture. It contains, among other things, a description of the Aztec calendar and prognostics rendered in the form of pictures and inscriptions.

A digital facsimile of MS. Vat.lat. 3773 can be found at: https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.lat.3773