codices
Americannoun
noun
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Freighted with international import two bulky volumes, the Corvina Codices,* arrived last week at Budapest from Rome.
From Time Magazine Archive
For my knowledge of the sacred Codices preserved at Messina, I am indebted to the good offices and learning of Papas Filippo Matranga.
From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William
In certain Codices the double, tau-shaped courtyard or enclosure surrounded by a high wall with battlements, which was employed in the daytime for the national game of ball, figures in combination with obsidian mirrors.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia
Codices Ambrosiani, or palimpsest fragments of five manuscripts, apparently like Cod.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
His identification of the truly Mexican, “teo-cipactli” as a “fish-god” is unfortunate, as numberless conventionalized drawings in the Codices prove that cipactli signifies alligator.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia
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