Vatican Manuscripts from the Borgiani Messicani/Latin America Fond

This fond only contains 2 signatures. The first is a ritual text on buckskin in Nahua that was studied at the end of the 18th C by José Lino Fábrega, a former Jesuit missionary to Latin America who had returned to Rome. Due to the death of Stefano Borgia, it was not published until 1891. The second volume is a copy of the Cospiano Codex (Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria, ms. 4093). In the original Borgia museum there was a third volume, now Borg.lat.763 which is a text describing Mexican fruits.

Sources

Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. (2011). Guida ai fondi manoscritti, numismatici, a stampa della Biblioteca vaticana. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. pp. 377-378


Borg.mess.1, Codex Yoalli Ehēcatl

Formerly known as the Codex Borgia as it was owned by Stefano Borgia before being donated


Borg.mess.2, Antonio Basoli Copy of Codex Cospi

Artist lived 1774-1848