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OPOSSUMS IN MESOAMERICAN CODICES IMAGE BANK

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Full List of Opossum Images Found in Mesoamerican Codices

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Dresden Codex (c. 1000-1200 CE, Maya)
https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667917
25-28 Opossum Mam in New Year almanac pages (yearbearer ceremonies)
36 torchbearer (compare to Madrid figures)

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Madrid Codex (Postclassic c. 900-1521 CE, Maya), pp. 24-5, 87-88, 90
http://www.famsi.org/research/graz/madrid/index.html
[Graz facsimile]

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Paris Codex (Postclassic c. 900-1521 CE, Maya), pp. 3, 8, 10
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8446947j/f1.item.r=peresianus.langEN
partial zoomorphic figures identified as opossums by Gabrielle Vail in The Maya Codices Database

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Codex Vindobonensis Mexicanus I (before 1521, Mixtec), pp. 13, 20, 22, 24
https://digital.onb.ac.at/RepViewer/viewer.faces?doc=DTL_8693413
opossum as companion to Maguey Goddess

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ZN 3 detail
ZN 76 detail
Codex Zouche-Nuttall aka Tonindeye Codex (before 1521, Mixtec), pp. 3, 76
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Am1902-0308-1

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Borgia 59
Borgia 59 detail
Codex Borgia (before 1521, Mixtec?) p. 59
https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Borg.mess.1
from a page of marriage prognostications – opossum paired with jaguar

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FM 30 detail
FM 33 detail
FM 38
FM 39
FM 40
FM 41
FM 42
FM 43
Codex Fejérváry-Mayer (before 1521, Aztec)
38-43 Opossum God engaged in ritual combat

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VB 9
VB 9 detail
Codex Vaticanus B (before 1521, Mixtec), p. 9
https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.lat.3773

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Borbonicus 30
Borbonicus 30 detail
Codex Borbonicus (1st quarter 1500s, post-conquest?, Aztec) p. 30
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Codex_Borbonicus_(p._30).jpg
[Loubat facsimile]

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