Maarten E.R.G.N. Jansen (PhD Leiden 1983) is Professor of Heritage of Indigenous Peoples at the Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, The Netherlands. He is author of many studies about ancient Mexican art and history including The Mixtec Pictorial Manuscripts (Brill, 2011) and Time and the Ancestors (Brill 2017).Virginia M. Lladó-Buisán is Head of Conservation and Collection Care at The Bodleian Libraries. She has collaborated with various experts on Mesoamerican Archaeology and Conservation Science, in order to advance the scientific study of Mexican manuscripts in the Bodleian collections.Ludo Snijders (PhD Leiden 2016) is researcher at Leiden University. He has studied the cultural biography of Mesoamerican manuscripts and is specialised in the recovery of palimpsests through the application of non-invasive investigation techniques.

• Preface List of Figures, Maps and TablesNotes on Contributors1. The Codex Mendoza: Writing and Re-Writing ‘The Last Word’Frances F. Berdan2. The Codex Mendoza and the archaeology of TenochtitlanLeonardo López Luján3. From “Rich Plumes” to War Accoutrements: Feathered Objects in the Codex Mendozaand Their Extant RepresentativesLaura Filloy Nadal and María Olvido Moreno Guzmán4. The Tlamatque and Codex MendozaRaul Macuil Martínez5. Conquest, Growth and Evolution: Indigenist Discourse in the Codex MendozaJorge Gómez Tejada6. Exploring the materiality of Mesoamerican manuscripts by non-invasive spectroscopic methods: Codex Laud, Bodley, Selden, Mendoza and Selden Roll at the Bodleian LibraryChiara Grazia, David Buti, Laura Cartechini, Francesca Rosi, Francesca Gabrieli, Virginia M. Lladó-Buisán, Davide Domenici, Antonio Sgamellotti, Aldo Romani, and Costanza Miliani7. Cultural and historical implications of non-destructive analyses on Mesoamerican codices in the Bodleian LibrariesDavide Domenici, Costanza Miliani, Antonio Sgamellotti8. The Codex Laud and the Problem of Its ProvenanceMa. Isabel Álvarez Icaza Longoria9. Mazatec chants and Mesoamerican codicesAlessia Frassani10. Codex Yoalli Ehecatl as a book to interpret dreamsAraceli Rojas11. The Dresden Codex and Contemporary K’iche’ Serpent DancePaul van den Akker12. Maya literary traditions and present-day concerns. An indigenous reading of ancient manuscriptsManuel May Castillo13. Re-interpreting Ñuu Savi pictorial manuscripts from a Mixtec perspective. Linking past and presentOmar Aguilar Sánchez14. The Birthday of Lord 8 Deer: chronological correlations in Mixtec historyMaarten E.R.G.N. Jansen and Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez15. Imaging Mexican codices, challenges and opportunitiesTim Zaman, David Howell, and Ludo Snijders16. Codex Yoho Yuchi, the text inside the Mixtec Codex AñuteLudo Snijders17. Reading Mixtec Manuscripts as Ceremonial Discourse: Historical and ideological background of Codex Añute (Selden) Maarten E.R.G.N. Jansen and Gabina Aurora Pérez JiménezConclusionsMateriality and Practice in the Study of Mexican ManuscriptsRosemary A. JoyceIndex

Maarten E.R.G.N. Jansen (PhD Leiden 1983) is Professor of Heritage of Indigenous Peoples at the Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, The Netherlands. He is author of many studies about ancient Mexican art and history including The Mixtec Pictorial Manuscripts (Brill, 2011) and Time and the Ancestors (Brill 2017).Virginia M. Lladó-Buisán is Head of Conservation and Collection Care at The Bodleian Libraries. She has collaborated with various experts on Mesoamerican Archaeology and Conservation Science, in order to advance the scientific study of Mexican manuscripts in the Bodleian collections.Ludo Snijders (PhD Leiden 2016) is researcher at Leiden University. He has studied the cultural biography of Mesoamerican manuscripts and is specialised in the recovery of palimpsests through the application of non-invasive investigation techniques.

• Preface List of Figures, Maps and TablesNotes on Contributors1. The Codex Mendoza: Writing and Re-Writing ‘The Last Word’Frances F. Berdan2. The Codex Mendoza and the archaeology of TenochtitlanLeonardo López Luján3. From “Rich Plumes” to War Accoutrements: Feathered Objects in the Codex Mendozaand Their Extant RepresentativesLaura Filloy Nadal and María Olvido Moreno Guzmán4. The Tlamatque and Codex MendozaRaul Macuil Martínez5. Conquest, Growth and Evolution: Indigenist Discourse in the Codex MendozaJorge Gómez Tejada6. Exploring the materiality of Mesoamerican manuscripts by non-invasive spectroscopic methods: Codex Laud, Bodley, Selden, Mendoza and Selden Roll at the Bodleian LibraryChiara Grazia, David Buti, Laura Cartechini, Francesca Rosi, Francesca Gabrieli, Virginia M. Lladó-Buisán, Davide Domenici, Antonio Sgamellotti, Aldo Romani, and Costanza Miliani7. Cultural and historical implications of non-destructive analyses on Mesoamerican codices in the Bodleian LibrariesDavide Domenici, Costanza Miliani, Antonio Sgamellotti8. The Codex Laud and the Problem of Its ProvenanceMa. Isabel Álvarez Icaza Longoria9. Mazatec chants and Mesoamerican codicesAlessia Frassani10. Codex Yoalli Ehecatl as a book to interpret dreamsAraceli Rojas11. The Dresden Codex and Contemporary K’iche’ Serpent DancePaul van den Akker12. Maya literary traditions and present-day concerns. An indigenous reading of ancient manuscriptsManuel May Castillo13. Re-interpreting Ñuu Savi pictorial manuscripts from a Mixtec perspective. Linking past and presentOmar Aguilar Sánchez14. The Birthday of Lord 8 Deer: chronological correlations in Mixtec historyMaarten E.R.G.N. Jansen and Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez15. Imaging Mexican codices, challenges and opportunitiesTim Zaman, David Howell, and Ludo Snijders16. Codex Yoho Yuchi, the text inside the Mixtec Codex AñuteLudo Snijders17. Reading Mixtec Manuscripts as Ceremonial Discourse: Historical and ideological background of Codex Añute (Selden) Maarten E.R.G.N. Jansen and Gabina Aurora Pérez JiménezConclusionsMateriality and Practice in the Study of Mexican ManuscriptsRosemary A. JoyceIndex

Maarten E.R.G.N. Jansen (PhD Leiden 1983) is Professor of Heritage of Indigenous Peoples at the Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, The Netherlands. He is author of many studies about ancient Mexican art and history including The Mixtec Pictorial Manuscripts (Brill, 2011) and Time and the Ancestors (Brill 2017).Virginia M. Lladó-Buisán is Head of Conservation and Collection Care at The Bodleian Libraries. She has collaborated with various experts on Mesoamerican Archaeology and Conservation Science, in order to advance the scientific study of Mexican manuscripts in the Bodleian collections.Ludo Snijders (PhD Leiden 2016) is researcher at Leiden University. He has studied the cultural biography of Mesoamerican manuscripts and is specialised in the recovery of palimpsests through the application of non-invasive investigation techniques.

• Preface List of Figures, Maps and TablesNotes on Contributors1. The Codex Mendoza: Writing and Re-Writing ‘The Last Word’Frances F. Berdan2. The Codex Mendoza and the archaeology of TenochtitlanLeonardo López Luján3. From “Rich Plumes” to War Accoutrements: Feathered Objects in the Codex Mendozaand Their Extant RepresentativesLaura Filloy Nadal and María Olvido Moreno Guzmán4. The Tlamatque and Codex MendozaRaul Macuil Martínez5. Conquest, Growth and Evolution: Indigenist Discourse in the Codex MendozaJorge Gómez Tejada6. Exploring the materiality of Mesoamerican manuscripts by non-invasive spectroscopic methods: Codex Laud, Bodley, Selden, Mendoza and Selden Roll at the Bodleian LibraryChiara Grazia, David Buti, Laura Cartechini, Francesca Rosi, Francesca Gabrieli, Virginia M. Lladó-Buisán, Davide Domenici, Antonio Sgamellotti, Aldo Romani, and Costanza Miliani7. Cultural and historical implications of non-destructive analyses on Mesoamerican codices in the Bodleian LibrariesDavide Domenici, Costanza Miliani, Antonio Sgamellotti8. The Codex Laud and the Problem of Its ProvenanceMa. Isabel Álvarez Icaza Longoria9. Mazatec chants and Mesoamerican codicesAlessia Frassani10. Codex Yoalli Ehecatl as a book to interpret dreamsAraceli Rojas11. The Dresden Codex and Contemporary K’iche’ Serpent DancePaul van den Akker12. Maya literary traditions and present-day concerns. An indigenous reading of ancient manuscriptsManuel May Castillo13. Re-interpreting Ñuu Savi pictorial manuscripts from a Mixtec perspective. Linking past and presentOmar Aguilar Sánchez14. The Birthday of Lord 8 Deer: chronological correlations in Mixtec historyMaarten E.R.G.N. Jansen and Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez15. Imaging Mexican codices, challenges and opportunitiesTim Zaman, David Howell, and Ludo Snijders16. Codex Yoho Yuchi, the text inside the Mixtec Codex AñuteLudo Snijders17. Reading Mixtec Manuscripts as Ceremonial Discourse: Historical and ideological background of Codex Añute (Selden) Maarten E.R.G.N. Jansen and Gabina Aurora Pérez JiménezConclusionsMateriality and Practice in the Study of Mexican ManuscriptsRosemary A. JoyceIndex