148 



HIEROGLYPHIC PAINTINGS 



TAKEN FROM THE 



MEXICAN MANUSCRIPT, 



PRESERVED IN THE 



IMPERIAL LIBRARY AT VIENNA, 



Nos. 1, 2, and 3. 



PLATES XLVI, XLVII, & XLVI1I. 



Of all the Mexican manuscripts, which exist iis 

 the different libraries of Europe, that of Vienna 

 is the oldest known. It is mentioned by Lam- 

 beccius and Nessel * in their catalogues ; and 

 Robertson has engraved the outlines of a frag- 

 ment of it. I examined it during my last abode 

 at Vienna in 1811, and am indebted for the 

 coloured copy of the pages exhibited on these 

 three plates to Mr. von Hammer, a distinguished 

 naturalist, whose different works, and particu- 



* Nessel, Catal. Biblioth. Ccesareae, torn, vi, p. 163. See 

 above, vol. xiii. page 180. 



