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does not bear any direct statement of authorship or dates of production and there is no dedication that might indicate who was the patron of the work or for whom the work was intended. Its contents indicate that it was written in Manila in the early 1590s. The manuscript was likely compiled at the
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mythological deities and demons, and both real and mythological birds and land animals copied from popular Chinese texts and books in circulation at the time. Aside from a description of and historical allusions to what are now the Philippines and various other
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purchased the manuscript in 1947 from the collection of Lord Ilchester in London. Boxer recognized the importance of what he called the "Manila Manuscript" and published a paper in 1950 with a detailed description of the
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of the Philippines in vivid color. The paintings' technique and the use of Chinese paper, ink, and paints suggests that the artist may have been Chinese.
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is a late-16th-century Spanish manuscript produced in the Philippines. It contains 75 colored illustrations of the peoples of China, the Philippines,
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countries, the codex also contains 97 hand-drawn color paintings and illustrations depicting peoples and animals of the Philippines, the
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The Boxer Codex: Transcription and Translation of an Illustrated Late Sixteenth-Century Spanish Manuscript
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Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana (U.S.A.), Catalogue Record of the Boxer Codex
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The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
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royalty in red (the distinctive color of his class) with his wife.
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It is believed that the original owner of the manuscript was
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royal couple in red, the distinctive color of their class.
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The manuscript was written around circa 1590 in primarily
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The Lilly Library Digital Collections, Indiana University
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Warrior with a spear and shield from "Iaua" (modern-day
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Picture gallery of the illustrations in Boxer Codex
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(2014). 485:A couple belonging to the 361:Natives of the Philippines 274:, son of Governor General 160:contact. It also contains 89:, where it is held by the 1640:10.1017/S1356186313000552 1169:) Warrior with Wife from 975:Merchant with Wife from 843:Noble Prince and Princess 203: 1539:Souza & Turley, 2015 1508: 97:Description and contents 1079:Warrior with Wife from 773:) Noble with Wife from 175:Mainland Southeast Asia 1726:of the Boxer Codex at 884:General with Attendant 276:Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas 226:Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas 215:History and provenance 209:Philippine Archipelago 193:), and books from the 171:Indonesian Archipelago 76:The English historian 44: 1592:Boxer, C. R. 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Index


Manila galleon
Chamorro
Ladrones Islands
Japan
Java
Moluccas
Ladrones
Siam
Charles Ralph Boxer
codex
Indiana University
Lilly Library
Early Modern Spanish
Early Manila Hokkien
Spanish orthography
Classical Chinese
Hokkien
Chinese
漢文
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
ethnic groups in the Philippines
Southeast Asia
East Asia
Micronesia
Spanish
Taoist
Far Eastern
Indonesian Archipelago
Mainland Southeast Asia

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