Codex Cospi

The Codex Cospi, created between the late 15th and early 16th centuries in the eastern Nahua regions of Puebla-Tlaxcala (Mexico), is a ritual manuscript known as tonalamatl, or “book of destinies”. It was used by a ritual specialist to divine future events and the fate of people, which was determined by both calendrical and astronomical factors. This 3D Scholarly Edition displays the manuscript while discussing its historical purpose, provenance and material.

3D Scholarly Edition Authors: Alice Bordignon & Davide Domenici

Alice Bordignon is a research fellow at the Department of Classical Philology and Italian Studies of the University of Bologna. She specializes in 3D reality-based acquisition, processing, rendering and optimisation of cultural heritage for the web using photogrammetry, modelling and web3d technologies.

Davide Domenici is Associate Professor at the Department of History Cultures Civilizations of the University of Bologna. He specializes in archaeology of the indigenous American world and is the co-author of this edition.