Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgements
Summary
Introduction
1. Materials for Writing
2. The Practice of Codex Making
3. The Lifecycle of the Mesoamerican Codices
4. Demons and Colonization, the Destruction of Written Culture
5. Reproduction of the Codices
6. Recovery of a Hidden Chapter in the Life of Codex Añute
7. Conclusions and Reflections
References
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
List of Figures
List of Tables

About the Author

Ludo Snijders is an archaeologist specialising in Mesoamerican cultures. This work is the result of collaboration with the TU Delft and the Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford, within the NWO Science4Arts funded project “Shedding light on endangered mutual heritage”.