codices
plural ofcodexspecialized
Examplesofcodices
codices
These sacred dates occur frequently in thecodices, especially in scenes relating to the origin and foundation of lineages.
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Note that these layouts are consistent with the norms of the twocodicesrespectively.
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The other threecodicescontain hieroglyphic texts in combination with pictorial scenes that form the basis of instruments known as almanacs and tables.
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The likely reason for keeping the two books in separatecodicesis implied in the very organization of the project.
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In fact, all of thesecodiceswere in the possession of diviners or tonalpouhque.
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Appearing since 1889, it reproduces in phototype the important oldcodicesin their entirety.
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Because the reptile effigies on the columns match scenes incodices, the various column pairs may display specific mythical events.
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Agents of these two empires must have commissionedcodicesfrom expert scribes for official documents of this sort, which needed to be free of errors.
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Including 16,300codicesand fragments. 10015.
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But beyond a handful of references to local events or personages found in several of thecodices' texts, they had little on which to base their assessment.
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I deliberately exclude from this definition manuscriptcodiceswhose contents comprise a wide expanse of subject matter, in the form of treatises written by a number of di#erent authors.
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This reading seems appropriate in this context, since both of the figures pictured in the almanac are wearing the robes commonly associated with priests throughout thecodices.
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Lenz (1948) refers to the role of community papermaker as a scribe, and as the official responsible for interment of individuals that wield power and for makingcodices.
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Sheets of parchment were folded to form quires from which book-formcodiceswere fashioned.
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