Il manoscritto messicano Borgiano
Subtitle: del Museo etnografico della S. Congregazione di propaganda fide
By: riprodotto in fotocromografia a spese di s. e. il duca di Loubat a cura della Biblioteca Vaticanna.
Contributors: Borgia, Stefano, 1731-1804.; Loubat, Joseph Florimond, duc de, 1831-1927.; Biblioteca apostolica vaticana
Publisher: Danesi
Published: 1898
Place of publication: Roma
Language: ita
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: Manuscripts, Mexican -- Facsimiles.; Indians of Mexico -- Languages -- Writing.
Notes: The original, a Nahua ritual manuscript, consists of 14 pieces of Mexican deer skin of varying length, glued together to form a continuous strip, 10 m. x 27 m., covered with writing on both sides; it is folded into 39 leaves, one side of the first and last being attached to covers, forming a volume 27 x 27 cm. The manuscript is reproduced on a strip of thick paper 988 x 26 cm., similarly folded, the 39 leaves being paged 1-76. The descriptive preface, bound in boards, and the facsimiles are enclosed in a wood case, half bound, lettered Codice messicano Borgiano.