Codices, Facsimiles, and Manuscripts in the Alkek Collections Exhibit on 1st Floor

The Codices, Facsimiles, and Manuscripts in the Alkek Collections Exhibit is on the 1st floor of the Alkek Library from now until September 30th.

While books aren’t the only things you find in libraries today, they still define us.  Much goes into the production of a book, from the author’s hand written, drawn, or typed manuscript to the printed book itself.  Come see examples of codices, manuscripts and facsimiles of earliest to more contemporary books in the Alkek Library collections.  

We have put examples of our large collection of Mesoamerican codices on one side, along with traditional Mesoamerican textiles.  Most are  facsimile volumes of the glyphs and art and a volume explaining what is being said.  In one case we have an exact facsimile of the Codex Murúa, reproduced on velum.   On another side we have a true facsimile of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebook, now called the Codex Leicester.  Included in the exhibit are two real and rare 17 ^th and 18^th century printed books, part of a larger collection of theological work gifted to the Alkek Library.