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art. Among the documents from southern Mexico that 

 belong to the late period are: — 



Codex Borgia Codex F6jervary-Mayer 



Codex Vaticanus 3773 Codex Vindobonensis 



Codex Bologna Codex Nut tall 



Several Memos or documents written on cloth are also 

 from this region. The Lienzo of Amoltepec which is a 



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Fiji. 83. A Page from the Codex Xuttall, recording the Con- 

 quest of a Town situated on an Island of the Sea. The conquerors 

 come in boat- and the conquest is indicated by a spear thrust into the 

 place name hieroglyph. The crocodile, flying fish, and the sea serpent 

 are represented in the water. 



fine example of this class is conserved in the American 

 Museum of Natural History. The documents from 

 southern Mexico are distinguished by details of geomet- 

 ric ornament that resemble the panels of geometric 

 design on the temples of Mitla. They record historical 



