Codex Vaticanus B

Codex Vaticanus B is a screenfold book made from ten segments of deerskin joined together, measuring 7240 centimeters in total length.

Originally, this binding was covered with precious stones: today, only a single turquoise tile remains.

Its original catalog entry reads like this: "Religion of the Indians in drawings, images and hieroglyphs, on papers with boards.

In 1896, Joseph Florimond, duke of Loubat prepared another facsimile, and years later financed a commentary by Eduard Seler, published in 1902 in London.

[4] A modern facsimile by Ferdinand Anders appeared in 1972, published by the Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt (ADEVA) in Graz.