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Clarifying Color in the Codex Mendoza

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Norman Hammond
Norman Hammond*
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Boston University, 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA 02215-1406. (ndch@bu.edu)
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Abstract

Color differences between the original illustrations in the Codex Mendoza and the facsimile most widely used by scholars can be calibrated using a standard set of Munsell soil color charts. The discrepancies are potentially misleading about the presence and origin of some pigments used and the cultural significance of what is being shown in the document.

Las diferencias entre los colores de las ilustraciones originales del Códice Mendoza y los facsímiles utilizados más comúnmente por los investigadores pueden calibrarse usando la tabla estandardizada de colores de suelos "Munsell." Las discrepancias pueden revelarse engañosas sobre la presencia y origen de algunos de los pigmentos utilizados y sobre la importancia cultural de las imágenes en el documento.

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Latin American Antiquity , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , December 2005, pp. 467 - 468
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Copyright © 2005 by the Society for American Archaeology.

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