Mixtec Codices

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Codex Zouche-Nuttall

 
 
 
Codex Vindobonensis, Austrian National Library, Vienna, Austria Codex Vindobonensis, half of page 47

 
 
 
Codex Zouche-Nuttall Ritual nose-piercing by a Mixtec lord. Codex Zouche-Nuttall

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
     Codex Cospi, c1350-1500. The god of darkness makes a human sacrifice
     offering to the rational owl, symbol of utter destruction. From the Biblioteca
     Universitaria, Bologna, Italy.