Codex Laud

The Codex Laud, or Laudianus, is a Mesoamerican codex, possibly from the fifteenth-century, named for its former owner William Laud. It is part of the Borgia Group and housed at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.

The codex is an animal hide pictorial manuscript consisting of 24 leaves (48 pages). Represented is the 260-day calendar, or tonalpohualli, as well as rituals and offerings^[1]. The codex enters the historical record in 1636 as part of Laud's second donation to the Bodleian.

It is published (with an "Introduction" by C. A. Burland) in Volume XI of CODICES SELECTI of the Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.

The Bodleian Library holds four other Mesoamerican codices, including Codex Bodley, Codex Mendoza, Codex Selden and the Selden Roll.

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  Digitaized version of the first page of the Codex Laud.
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  Codex Laud on display at the Bodleian Library.
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  Codex Laud on display at the Bodleian Library.
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  Illustration showing Texcatlipoca.

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• Boone, Elizabeth Hill (2007). Cycles of Time and Meaning in the Mexican Books of Fate. Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71263-8. OCLC 71632174.
• Facsimile: odex Laud, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms. Laud Misc. 678, pre-colonial, Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt (ADEVA) Graz 1966. Colour facsimile edition of the Old Mexican manuscript. 48 pp., size: 165 x 155 mm. Encased in box with leather spine. Scholarly introduction: C. A. Burland, London, 42 pp. text, 4 plates on art print paper, 1 table. CODICES SELECTI, Vol. XI

• A.D.V.G. facsimile of the Laud Codex
• Codex Laud, digitised by J.Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
• Codex Laud commentary, Akademische Druck-u. Verlagsanstalt [1966] edition, digitised by J.Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
• MS Laud. Misc. 678 Images available on Digital Bodleian
• MS Laud Misc. 678 In the Bodleian Libraries Catalogue of Medieval Manuscripts

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