"Originating in what is now the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, the Codex Nuttall was painted by Mixtec artists at some time not to long before the Spanish Conquest. It is, in effect a Book of Kings, one of a series of masterworks narrating in picture and hieroglyph the sacred history of the Mixtecs. Centering around the year 1000 AD., it shows the births of kings, their marriages, offspring and major events in their lives"--Back cover.
"Complete reproduction, in full color, of the Codex Nuttall, prepared from the 1902 facsimile edition. 88 plates. New introduction by Dr. Arthur Miller, Center for Pre-Columbian Studies, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C."--Back cover.
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