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1. • • The Codex Borgia features images with precise contour lines and painted with polychrome washes. In its dense imagery, human figures (usually representing gods) predominate, although plants, trees, animals, water, architectural features, celestial bodies, shields, and tools and accoutrements also appear.
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   Nov 12, 2022 · The Codex Borgia features images with precise contour lines and painted with polychrome washes. In its dense imagery, human figures (usually representing gods) predominate, although plants, trees, animals, water, architectural features, celestial bodies, shields, and tools and accoutrements also appear.

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   What does Codex Borgia look like?

   • The Codex Borgia features images with precise contour lines and painted with polychrome washes. In its dense imagery, human figures (usually representing gods) predominate, although plants, trees, animals, water, architectural features, celestial bodies, shields, and tools and accoutrements also appear.

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   What is the Codex Borgia about?

   • The Codex Borgia has two Venus almanacs associated with heliacal rise events and another focusing on dates that coordinate with events involving Venus and possibly other planets. A unique narrative in the Codex Borgia traces Venus over the course of a year, representing different aspects of the synodical cycle.

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   How did the Codex Borgia get its name?

   • For example, the Codex Borgia is named after its former owner, Cardinal Stefano Borgia, an avid collector of coins and manuscripts. Based on geographic origin and style, scholars classify the 12 pre-conquest manuscripts into three groups: Manufacturing screenfolds involved gluing long strips of leather or paper.

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   What does Venus look like in Codex Borgia?

   • Figure 3. Codex Borgia, page 30: Venus as a rayed disk with Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl surrounded by stars, representing the newly emerged morning star. Adapted from Milbrath ( 2013, color plate 2). Different deities depict the transformation of Venus in the narrative, illustrating how Venus changes over the course of its synodical cycle.

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4. finearts.utexas.edu › feature › news-showcaseDecoding the Codex: Hand-Painted Reproduction of Ancient ...

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   Feb 8, 2018 · This spring, visitors to the Visual Arts Center had the rare opportunity to see a collection of 76 hand-painted folios that recreate a sixteenth century Aztec manuscript, the Codex Borgia, which survived the burning of books by the Spaniards and lived in obscurity in Vatican archives for centuries.

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   The Codex Borgia, a rare pre-Columbian screenfold book from Tlaxcala, an independent Nahuatl-speaking state in the heart of central Mexico, provides evidence for identifying a number of different Venus gods (Milbrath, 2013). The codex has several Venus almanacs and many images related to the astronomical cycles of Venus.

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   Codex Borgia is preserved in the Apostolic library at the Vatican in Rome, Italy. It was constructed of animal hide and covered with a white plaster-like foundation upon which the figures were painted.

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   The Codex Borgia, also known as Codex Borgianus, Manuscrit de Veletri and Codex Yohualli Ehecatl, is a pre-Columbian Middle American pictorial manuscript from Central Mexico featuring calendrical and ritual content, dating from the 16th century.

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10. www.jstor.org › stable › jjDecoding the Codex Borgia: Visual Symbols of Time and Space ...

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    Exploring the meanings in the intricate symbolism of arare Precolumbian manuscriptThis book explores the rich symbolism of the Codex Borgia, amasterpiece of Pre...

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    Jun 22, 1993 · The result is 76 large full-color plates of vibrant, striking depictions of gods, kings, warriors, mythical creatures, and mysterious abstract designs — a vivid panorama that offers...