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MS. Arch. Selden. A. 72 (3)

Summary Catalogue no.: 3207

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'The Selden Roll' or 'The Roll of the New Fire': Mexican pictorial roll or 'tiras'

Describes the founding of an unidentified city-state probably in the Coixtlahuaca region.

Language(s): No linguistic content

Physical Description

Form: roll
Support: native paper (amatl)

Decoration

Coloured pictures.

History

Origin: 16th century, first half ; Mexican

Provenance and Acquisition

John Selden, 1584–1654

Acquired by the Bodleian in 1659

Record Sources

Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 1, p. 598

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Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (7 images from 35mm slides)

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Last Substantive Revision

2019-10-31: Toby Burrows/Mapping Manuscript MigrationsProvenance and acquisition information added using https://github.com/mapping-manuscript-migrations/oxford-tei-updates/blob/master/update_oxford_prov.rb in collaboration with the Mapping Manuscript Migrations project.