Remarks for Mesoamerican Codices: New Discoveries and New Directions

Dumbarton Oaks, Library of Congress, and National Museum of the American Indian convened a symposium called “Mesoamerican Codices: New Discoveries and New Directions.” This meeting of the Pre-Columbian Studies Colloquium was organized by Diana Magaloni Kerpel and Barbara E. Mundy.

Betsy Haude, from the Library’s Conservation Division, and Tana Villafana, from the Research and Testing Division were invited to present their work on two significant codices and I was honored to provide some opening remarks for the sessions at the Library:

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