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Amate (Spanish: amate from Nahuatl languages: āmatl [ˈaːmat͡ɬ]) is a type of bark paper that has been manufactured in Mexico since the precontact times. It was used primarily to create codices .
The codex consists of a single 549 cm (216 in) long and 19.8 cm (7.8 in) high sheet of amate, folded like an accordion into 21.5 sheets 25.4 cm (10.0 in) wide on average. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The tlacuilo [ es ] who fashioned the Boturini Codex was familiar with the Aztec writing system .
The Madrid Codex, also known as the Tro-Cortesianus Codex (112 pages, 6.82 metres [22.4 feet]) dating to the Postclassic period of Mesoamerican chronology (circa 900–1521 AD).; [14] The Paris Codex, also known as the Peresianus Codex (22 pages, 1.45 metres [4.8 feet]) tentatively dated to around 1450, in the Late Postclassic period (AD 1200 ...
The Marquesado del Valle Codex is a manuscript written in the Nahuatl language on amate paper, by indigenous writers (tlacuilos) during second half of the 16th century. [1] It contains 28 petitions by landowners from the Marquesado del Valle area of Mexico, located in today's states of Morelos, Puebla, Oaxaca, and Mexico, requesting return of their lands.
The Codex was made from a long strip of amate paper that was folded up accordion-style. This paper was then coated with a thin layer of fine stucco, which was used as the painting surface. [6] The complete document consists of 56 sheets painted on both sides to produce a total of 112 pages. [6]
Amate paper was used extensively for religious and commercial purposes (writing surface, ritual items, economic transaction documents, inventory records, etc.). Among the best-known Nahua documents made with amate paper are the Codex Fejérváry-Mayer and the Codex Borgia.
Codex Cozcatzin, a post-conquest, bound manuscript consisting of 18 sheets (36 pages) of European paper, dated 1572, although it was perhaps created later than this ...
The Dresden Codex is a Maya book, which was believed to be the oldest surviving book written in the Americas, ... The pages are made of amate, 20 centimetres ...