Boxer Codex From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation navigation,, search The Boxer Codex is a manuscript written c. 1595 which contains illustrations of ethnic of ethnic groups in the Philippines at the time of their initial contact with the Spaniards. Aside from a description of, and historical allusions to the Philippines and various other Far Eastern countries, it also contains seventy-five colored drawings of the inhabitants of these regions and their distinctive costumes. [1] At least fifteen illustrations deal with the natives of the Philippine Archipelago. Archipelago. It is believed that the original owner of the manuscript was Luis Pérez das Mariñas, Mariñas, son of Governor General Gómez Pérez das Mariñas, Mariñas, who was killed in 1593 by Sangleys (Chinese living in the Philippines). Luis succeeded his father in office as Governor General of the Philippines. Since Spanish colonial governors were requ ired to supply written reports on the territories they governed, it is likely that the manuscript was written under the orders of the [2] governor . The manuscript's earliest known owner was Lord Ilchester . The codex was among what remained in his collection when his estate, Holland House in London London,, suffered a direct hit during an air raid in 1942. The manuscript was auctioned in 1947 and came into the possession of Prof. Charles Ralph Boxer , an authority on the Far East. It is now owned by the Lilly Library at [1] Indiana University. University. The Boxer Codex depicts the Tagalogs Tagalogs,, Visayans Visayans,, Zambals Zambals,, Cagayanes or possibly Ibanags and Negritos of the Philippines in vivid colors. The technique of the paintings suggests that the a rtist [2] may have been Chinese, as does the use of Chinese paper, ink and paints. paints.
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1 Picture gallery of the illustrations in Boxer Codex 1.1 Native pre-colonial inhabitants of the Philippines o 1.2 Illustrations of resident foreigners in the pre-colonial Philippine archipelago o 2 Notes 3 References 4 External links
Picture gallery of the illustrations in Boxer Codex Native pre-colonial inhabitants of the Philippines
Tagalog royal and his wife, wearing the distinctive color of his c lass (red)
Visayan kadatuan (royal) couple
Tagalog maginoo (noble) and his wife, wearing the distinctive color of his class (blue)
Visayan kadatuan (royal) and his wife, wearing the distinctive color of his class (red)
Tagalog royal couple
A timawa or tumao (noble) couple, Visayan Pintados
Pintados of the Visayas, showing their tattoos or patok
A native princess
Natives probably Tagalog alipin (slaves)
Native commoners wearing simpler clothes and with minimum or with no gold jewelry.
A warrior belonging to the timawa or tumao (noble) class and his wife
A native Cagayan princess
A noble warrior from Cagayan
Warrior with a spear and shield
Negritos or Aeta warriors
Warriors from Zambales
Zambal Warriors hunting
A couple belonging to the Zambal warrior class
Illustrations of resident foreigners in the pre-colonial Philippine archipelago
A warrior from the Moluccas
Warrior with Japanese swords and armor, probably from other southeast asian territories.
A Chinese couple popularly known in the colonial Philippines as "Sangleys".
Japanese couple of the samurai caste in yukata
Ethnic Vietnamese couple from Caupchy
A Tartar Couple
2 Chinese Generals in pre-colonial Philippines
A Thai (Siamese) Couple
Notes a b
1. ^ Roces 1977, p. 1003. a b 2. ^ Roces 1977, p. 1004.
References
Roces, Alfredo R., ed. (1977), "Boxer Codex", Filipino Heritage: the Making of a Nation IV, Philippines: Lahing Pilipino Publishing, Inc.
External links
Record and manuscript of the Boxer Codex at Indiana University
Categories:
Spanish colonial period in the Philippines History of the Philippines People of Spanish colonial Philippines 1590s books Philippine Royalty and Nobility Filipino people History of the Philippines before European colonization
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