Codex Cospi
The Codex Cospi (or Codex Bologna) is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican pictorial manuscript, included in the Borgia Group. It is currently located in the library of the University of Bologna. • Illustration — A page from the codex Like other manuscripts in the Codex Borgia, the Codex Cospi is believed to derive from the Puebla-Tlaxcala region but the exact origin of the manuscript is unknown. The contents of the manuscript are of a religious and divinatory character including depictions of the Venus god, Tlahuizcalpanteuhtli, and of Gods, or priests dressed as gods, present offerings in front of temples.
Codex Cospi
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- Date
- 1500
- Material
- deer skin
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1500
Codex Cospi created.
1500
Codex Cospi is recorded from 1500.
1900
Codex Cospi (1900) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
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