John Selden (1584-1654) matriculated at Oxford from Hart Hall in 1600, but left the University without a degree. He entered Parliament in 1621, and from 1640 to 1653 represented Oxford University in Parliament. 8,000 volumes of manuscripts and printed books which he bequeathed to the Library were received in 1659 and housed in the newly built West End. The manuscripts are divided into four series: Arch. Selden. A, Selden Superius (nearly all oriental), Arch. Selden. B, and Selden Supra.
| Shelfmark | MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1 |
| Summary Catalogue no. | 3134 |
| Summary of contents | 'Codex Mendoza': a pictorial history of the Aztec empire from 1325 to 1521; an illustrated catalogue of the annual tribute paid by the towns of the empire to the last emperor, Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin (Montezuma II); and an illustrated account of Aztec life-cycles, male and female, from birth to death. |
| Language | Spanish |
| Origin | Mexico |
| Date | early 1540s |
| Material | paper |
| Decoration | Coloured pictures. |
| Images | |
| Catalogue image | Vol. 2 Part 1, p. 595 |
| Catalogue image | Vol. 2 Part 1, p. 596 |
| Manuscript image | fol. 64r Tlacatecatl, the Aztec General, in red cape. |
| Bibliography | |
| 1997 | |
| Barbara J. William & H. R. Harvey, The Codice de Santa Maria Asuncion, facsimile and commentary: households and lands in sixteenth-century Tepetlaoztoc, Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press, 1997, pp. 15-17; p. 16 fig. 10 (watermark of fol. 64, redrawn) | |
| 1995 | |
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Gordon Brotherston, Painted Books from Mexico: Codices in UK collections and the world they represent, London: British Museum Press, 1995, pp. 17-18, 31-3, 36, 40, 45-6, 55-60, 78, 82, 88, 104, 120, 124, 130, 137, 140, 144-5, 150-3, 154, 158-64, 180-1, App. 1c
Bodleian shelfmark: BDH = R |
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| 1992 | |
| José Alcina Franch, Codices Mexicanos (Coleccion Lenguas y Literaturas Indigenas), Madrid: Editorial MAPFRE, 1992, pp. 108-110, 190-1 | |
| 1991 | |
| Inga Clendinnen, Aztecs: an interpretation, Cambridge, etc.: Cambridge University Press, 1991, pp. 189, 192, 278, fig. after p. 240 | |
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David Rogers, The Bodleian Library and its treasures 1320-1700, Henley-on-Thames: Aidan Ellis, 1991 Bodleian shelfmark: BDH = R |
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| 1990 | |
| Joaquin Galarza, Amatl, Amoxtli: El papel, el libro. Los codices mesoamericanos. Guia para la introduccion al estudio del material pictorico indigena, 2nd edn., Mexico: Editorial TAVA, S.A., 1990: cited passim as 'Codice Mendocino', see p. 165 | |
| 1988 | |
| David Sandler Berkowitz, John Selden's formative years: politics and society in early seventeenth-century England, Washington, etc.: Folger Books, 1988, pp. 29; 303 n. 48 | |
| Shelfmark | MS. Arch. Selden. A. 2 |
| Summary Catalogue no. | 3135 |
| Summary of contents | 'Codex Selden': a screenfold of Mixtec origin, pre-Conquest in style, recording the genealogies and history from A.D. 783 to A.D. 1556 of the rulers of a place called 'Cloud Belching Mountain', identifiable as Añute (Jaltepec) in the Mixtec Alta (Oaxaca, Mexico). |
| Origin | Mexico |
| Date | shortly after 1556 |
| Material | Coated (deer?) skin |
| Decoration | Coloured pictures. |
| Images | |
| Catalogue image | Vol. 2 Part 1, p. 596 |
| Bibliography | |
| 1995 | |
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Gordon Brotherston, Painted Books from Mexico: Codices in UK collections and the world they represent, London: British Museum Press, 1995, pp. 13, 16, 21, 100, 104-5, 109, 110, 129 ['Xaltepec Annals'] Bodleian shelfmark: BDH = R |
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| 1992 | |
| Laura Laurencich Minelli, ed., Calendario e rituali precolombiani Codice Cospi, Milan: Jaca Book, 1992, p. 120 n. 6 | |
| 1990 | |
| Joaquin Galarza, Amatl, Amoxtli: El papel, el libro. Los codices mesoamericanos. Guia para la introduccion al estudio del material pictorico indigena, 2nd edn., Mexico: Editorial TAVA, S.A., 1990, p. 70 and general | |
| Shelfmark | MS. Arch. Selden. A. 72 (3) |
| Summary Catalogue no. | 3207 |
| Summary of contents | 'The Selden Roll': a painted roll from the Coixtlahuaca region incorporating both Mixtec and Aztec elements, apparently recording myths of origin and the migratory journey of divine ancestors up to the time when early settlement begins. |
| Origin | Mexico |
| Date | 16th century, first half |
| Material | paper (amatl) |
| Decoration | Coloured pictures. |
| Images | |
| Catalogue image | Vol. 2 Part 1, p. 598 |
| Bibliography | |
| 1992 | |
| José Alcina Franch, Codices Mexicanos (Coleccion Lenguas y Literaturas Indigenas), Madrid: Editorial MAPFRE, 1992, p. 191 | |
| 1990 | |
| Joaquin Galarza, Amatl, Amoxtli: El papel, el libro. Los codices mesoamericanos. Guia para la introduccion al estudio del material pictorico indigena, 2nd edn., Mexico: Editorial TAVA, S.A., 1990: not specifically cited, but generally relevant | |
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