Barbara E. Mundy - The Codex Mendoza - new insights

Acknowledgements

The non-invasive MOLAB campaign on the five Mesoamerican manuscripts held at the Bodleian Library in Oxford was carried out thanks to the financial support of the European Project CHARISMA. Bruce Barker-Benfield (Bodleian Libraries), Marinita Stiglitz (Bodleian Libraries), and Noemi Mancinelli (SMAArt, Perugia) are gratefully acknowledged for their help during the in situ campaign. Our deepest thanks to Jorge Gómez Tejada who, besides inviting us to contribute to the present volume, thoroughly discussed different issues with us and carefully edited our paper. Claudia Brittenham read and discussed a draft of this text, providing insightful comments; Piero Baglioni and Rodorico Giorgi kindly answered our questions on the Calakmul murals.

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