ID: 700008515 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008515	Record Type: Movable Work
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Códice Tudela (illuminated manuscript; consists of three parts made at different times and by diffe...; three parts date to ca. 1540, ...; Museo de América de Madrid (Madrid, Madrid province, Comu...; N Inv.: 70.400; España Siglo XVI; )

Note: A pictorial Aztec codex based on the same prototype as the Codex Magliabechiano, the Codex Ixtlilxochitl, and other documents of the Magliabechiano Group. It records Aztec life, customs, and rituals.

Titles:

Códice Tudela (preferred,C,U,RP,Spanish-P,U,U)

Codex Tudela (C,U,DE,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

illuminated manuscript [300265483] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by conditions of production>, manuscripts (documents))

codex (bound manuscript) [300224200]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by conditions of production>, manuscripts (documents))

Classifications:

manuscripts (preferred)

Creation Date: three parts date to ca. 1540, 1553/1554, and after 1554

Creator Display:

consists of three parts made at different times and by different authors and artists [preferred,VP]

unknown Amerindian (Native American cultural designation) [500372609]

Locations:

Current: Term Not Found (ULAN Candidate) (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: N Inv.: 70.400; España Siglo XVI

Display Materials: European laid paper, yarn, cardboard; ink, and pigment

	laid paper [300014184]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, paper (fiber product), <paper by production method>)

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	pigments [300013109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, colorant (material))

Dimensions: 15.50 cm wide and 21 high, and bound with cardboard covers lined in parchment, with a total size of 18 × 25 cm; Originally it consisted of 125 pages, but now preserved 119, missing the 5 to 10, inclusive

Cultures:

Aztec (preferred)

General Subject:

history and legend (preferred)

genre

Specific Subjects:

	Aztec (culture or style) [300017033]
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Americas| The, Pre-Columbian (American), <Pre-Columbian Middle American styles and periods>, Mesoamerican, <Mesoamerican regional styles and periods>, <Central Plateau Mesoamerican styles and periods>, Central Plateau Mesoamerican styles) (AAT)

Provenance: originally of the family Minguez, La Corunal Spanish government bought the manuscript when it was rediscovered in 1940

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Códice Tudela	........ [VP]
	........ Museo de América, Un Arte Nuevo para un Mundo Nuevo, La colección virreinal del Museo de América de Madrid en Bogotá, 2004
Codex Tudela	........ [VP]
	........ Museo de América, Un Arte Nuevo para un Mundo Nuevo, La colección virreinal del Museo de América de Madrid en Bogotá, 2004

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Museo de América, Un Arte Nuevo para un Mundo Nuevo, La colección virreinal del Museo de América de Madrid en Bogotá, 2004