ABSTRACT The collection Manuscripta Americana in Berlin consists of fragmented codices acquired by Alexander von Humboldt in Mexico. Some of these Humboldt Codices are published as hieroglyphic writings of the Aztecs in “Vues des Cordilleres et Monuments des Peuples indigènes de l’Amerique”. Starting from a special compilation of seven fragments on plate 36 in the “Atlas”, we investigated the corresponding original fragments using material analysis in order to clarify their historical relations. The analyses were carried out with X-ray fluorescence analysis, VIS spectroscopy, and infrared spectroscopy in diffuse reflection and revealed typical indigenous colors like cochineal, indigo, and organic yellows (e.g. mangrove and zacatlaxcalli). Four fragments under investigation show exactly the same material and thus must once have belonged together in one compendium. An additional manuscript from Mizquiahuala also shown on plate 36 can be matched to another one that is not published in the “Atlas”.

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柏林阿兹台克人抄本的材料分析

摘要柏林的Manuscripta Americana藏品由墨西哥的Alexander von Humboldt收购的零碎的抄本组成。这些洪堡抄本中的一些作为阿兹台克人的象形文字著作发表在“美国科迪勒山脉及美洲印第安人纪念碑”中。从“地图集”中第36页的七个碎片的特殊汇编开始，我们使用材料分析研究了相应的原始碎片，以阐明它们的历史关系。使用漫反射中的X射线荧光分析，VIS光谱和红外光谱进行了分析，并揭示了典型的本地色彩，如胭脂红，靛蓝和有机黄色（例如红树林和zacatlaxcalli）。研究中的四个片段显示出完全相同的材料，因此必须一次归入一个纲要。同样可以在图版36上看到的另一幅来自Mizquiahuala的手稿可以与另一本未出版的“ Atlas”相匹配。