It is one of only two Mesoamerican codices that remain in Mexican territory (the other being the Códice Maya de México).
It deals with the genealogy, marriages and bellicose conquests of the Mixtec lord Eight Deer Jaguar Claw (fl.
The most commonly used facsimile of the Colombino is accompanied by the commentary of Alfonso Caso (1966), and that of the Becker by the notes of Karl A. Nowotny (1961).
For some of the history depicted in the Colombino-Becker, there are cognate accounts in other Mixtec codices, particularly the Codex Zouche-Nuttall.
Truecolour facsimile edition of 20 pictograph pages in original size, leporello folding, mounted on cloth.