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Table 2 Summary of other codices, their respective regions and time periods, that share the same material findings with the Huexotzinco paintings

From: An analytical study of the Huexotzinco Codex using X-ray fluorescence, fiber optic reflectance spectroscopy, and portable Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy

Huexotzinco painting materials

Codices sharing similar materials

Codex region

Codex time period

Support

 Gypsum + amate paper

Seldon Roll

Mixtec

Colonial

Borbonicus

Central Mexico

Colonial

Azoyu I

Mixtec

Colonial

Blues

 Maya blue (indigo supported with palygorskite + sepiolite)

Borgia

Central Mexico

Pre-colonial

Yellows

 Organic yellow dye with silicates

Borgia

Central Mexico

Pre-colonial

Cospi (recto)

Central Mexico

Pre-colonial

Zouche-Nuttall (verso)

Mixtec

Pre-colonial

Selden Codex

Mixtec

Colonial

Selden roll

Mixtec

Colonial

Colombino

Mixtec

Pre-colonial

Bodley

Mixtec

Pre-colonial

Oranges

 Iron-rich Earth pigment

Vaticanus B

Central Mexico

Colonial repainting

Greens

 Mixture of Maya blue, organic yellow dye, silicates

Cospi (recto)

Central Mexico

Pre-colonial

Fejérváry-Mayer

Central Mexico

Pre-colonial

Colombino

Mixtec

Pre-colonial