The Codex Cospi at the Bologna University Library (image)

Università di Bologna

Caption

The Nahuan (i.e. "Aztec") divinatory manuscript, also known as Codex Cospi, represents a rare example of a pre-Columbian "book".

Credit

Luca Sgamellotti

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