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In the early stages of the Philippines' Spanish Colonial period, colonizers set out to map the ethno-spiritual diversity of the archipelago. While the precise origins of the Sino-Spanish Codex (otherwise known as the Boxer Codex) are unknown, it is theorized that the nearly 300-page, gilded manuscript was commissioned by the Spanish government ca. 1590 and illustrated by an unnamed Chinese artist with this precise intention in mind.

Together, the Markings of Remembrance cohort traveled to Indiana University's Lilly Library to learn about the document from Maureen Maryanski, the library's Head of Teaching & Research.