Codex Canadiensis

The Codex Canadensis is an illustrated manuscript about the flora, fauna and peoples of the New World. Produced c.1700 and dedicated to King Louis XIV of France, the manuscript is located at the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American Art and History in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Dr. Gagnon and a diverse team of specialists are studying the illustrations of the Codex Canadensis in relation to the Histoire naturelle des Indes occidentales written c.1675 by Jesuit priest, Father Louis Nicolas. This project unites scholars in ethnographic, zoological, botanical, iconographical, classical and cultural studies and includes: Professor Nancy Senior, University of Saskatoon; Professor Emeritus C. Stuart Houston, University of Saskatoon; Henry M. Reeves, Oregon conservationist; Professor Réal Ouellet, Laval University; and Professor Emeritus Germaine Warkentin, University of Toronto. The objective of the Codex Canadiensis project is to publish a detailed analysis of this treatise on the New World. Codex canadensis, a virtual exhibition
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