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Codex Zouche-Nuttall
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<p>The Codex Zouche-Nuttall or Codex Tonindeye is an accordion-folded <a href="/facts/Pre-Columbian/0Ntjleee">pre-Columbian</a> document of <a href="/facts/Mixtec/AjH5XkqE">Mixtec</a> <a href="/facts/Pictography/6HmoV1u6">pictography</a>, now in the collections of the <a href="/facts/British_Museum/mq5LadWV">British Museum</a>. It is one of about 16 manuscripts from <a href="/facts/Mexico/IT5bwhdh">Mexico</a> that are entirely pre-Columbian in origin. The codex derives its name from <a href="/facts/Zelia_Nuttall/d0GcQLJd">Zelia Nuttall</a>, who first published it in 1902, and Baroness Zouche, its donor. </p>