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Biblioteca Universitaria di Bologna

The Biblioteca Universitaria di Bologna, in addition to countless texts relevant to Americanist studies—including the notable manuscripts of Ulisse Aldrovandi—holds what is perhaps the most precious Indigenous American artifact in Italy: the pre‑colonial Nahua pictorial manuscript known as the Codex Cospi.

References

Anders, F., M. Jansen, P. van der Loo. 1994. Calendario de pronósticos y ofrendas: Libro explicativo del llamado Códice Cospi, con facsimilar del códice. Graz-México: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt-Fondo de Cultura Económica.

Domenici, D., É. Dupey García, G. Olivier, eds. In press. Codex Cospi: Life and Meanings of a Mesoamerican Pictorial Manuscript. Bologna: Biblioteca Universitaria di Bologna.

Laurencich Minelli, L., ed. 1992b. Codice Cospi. Calendario e rituali precolombiani. Milano: Jaca Book.

Links

Via Zamboni, 33, 40126 Bologna (BO)