Reception of the Manila galleon by the Chamorro in the Ladrones Islands, c. 1590
The Boxer Codex is a late-16th-century Spanish manuscript produced in the Philippines. It contains 75 colored illustrations of the peoples of China, the Philippines, Java, the Moluccas, the Ladrones, and Siam. About 270 pages of Spanish text describe these places, their inhabitants and customs. An additional 88 smaller drawings show mythological deities and demons, and both real and mythological birds and animals copied from popular Chinese texts and books in circulation at the time.
The English historian Charles Ralph Boxer purchased the manuscript in 1947 from the collection of Lord Ilchester in London. Boxer recognized the importance of what he called the "Manila Manuscript" and published a paper in 1950 with a detailed description of the codex. He made the manuscript freely available to other researchers for study, and it became known as the Boxer Codex. Boxer eventually sold it to Indiana University, where it is held by the Lilly Library.
The BoxerCodex is a late-16th-century Spanish manuscript produced in the Philippines. It contains 75 colored illustrations of the peoples of China, the...
hereditary class of oripun unique to the Visayans and first mentioned in the BoxerCodex. Instead of serving obligations through labor, the horo-han instead served...
1595–1602), Badhala (Plasencia 1589), Batala (Loarca 1582), or Bachtala (BoxerCodex 1590) was derived from the Sanskrit word bhattara or bhattaraka (noble...
needed] The earliest appearance of the term is manlica mentioned in the BoxerCodex with the meaning of "freeman". The only other contemporary account of...
or silver or slaves is accepted by the family of the deceased. In the BoxerCodex, they were said to immediately cut off the head of people they kill with...
first tattoos were acquired during the initiation into adulthood (the BoxerCodex records this as around twenty years old). They are initially made on...
Golden Age of Brunei". The Spaniards refer to him as Sultan Salan in the BoxerCodex, a 16th-century Spanish manuscript. Bolkiah was mentioned in the Batu...
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negotiations, and mourning rites in case of the death of the datu. As such, the BoxerCodex likened them to "knights and hidalgos". Though timawa were powerful and...
Boxer most commonly refers to: Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing Boxer (dog), a breed of dog Boxer or boxers may also refer to: Boxer...
described as being used by the Sambal people for headhunting in the BoxerCodex (ca. 1590s). Detail from the Carta Hydrographica y Chorographica de las...
arriving in Quiapo Church in 1787 where it has been enshrined ever since. BoxerCodex – a manuscript written c. 1590, which contains illustrations of ethnic...
The kadatuan (members of the Visayan datu class) were compared by the BoxerCodex to the titled lords (señores de titulo) in Spain. As agalon or amo (lords)...
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Yongle's reign. In circa 1595, the Spanish made a manuscript known as the BoxerCodex which contained illustrations of Filipinos during the early Spanish era...
'frequently comes', which appeared beside "Sangley" labeled in the BoxerCodex (circa 1590), Dasmariñas record to the King of Spain, which also contains...
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