THE NICAN MOPOHUA FACSIMILE PROJECT
The most beautiful treatise ever created About The Great Event/ Our Lady of Guadalupe
New Nican Mopohua:
A sumptuous original manuscript, an artistic interpretation of the historic document
Limited edition of 200 copies, bilingual, in Nahuatl, and in Spanish. Numbered, notarized and protected by a digital security code.
Calligraphed, painted and bound by hand. Bilingual version, in Nahuatl and Spanish
THE NICAN MOPOHUA FACSIMILE PROJECT
With the collaboration of 40 academics and 15 artists/artisans from all over the world, and more than four years of exciting work.
It consists of the following elements:
- Facsimile: handcrafted on Genoese paper.
- Study Guide: Written by 50 academic experts from various countries, printed on stone paper, bound in luxurious leather and parchment.
- The New Nican Mopohua Manuscript: An artistic interpretation of the manuscript. Written in Nahuatl and Spanish, with the translation of Don Miguel León-Portilla, with more than 200 original illustrations, partially calligraphed and hand-painted, and illuminated with 23k gold. It is adorned with a bronze medallion on the back cover, and corner pieces and clasps in fine gold work. Handmade velvet binding.
- Necklace of the Virgin of Guadalupe: A reproduction-homage to this ornament, made by Mexican artisans with jade, jadeite, amazonite and turquoise.
- Samples of various writing supports: Genovese paper with watermarks, amate paper, stone paper, papyrus and parchment.
- A piece of “cloth” made with Iczotl (probably the same kind of wild agave fiber used to make Juan Diego’s ayate).
“The Vellum Page Calligraphy Studio has the great merit, among others, of having managed to bring together the most prestigious researchers in the Guadalupe world, with special relevance to those of Mexico, who represent practically all the academic levels of the country”.
“Without a doubt, the most important research work that has been done in the last 100 years”.
“The Nican Mopohua, Our Lady of Guadalupe and Mexico, are intimately united with a message to the entire World.
Mexico is not understood without the Virgin of Guadalupe, and the Virgin of Guadalupe is not understood without Mexico”.