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What is a codex-style of painting ?

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Its stylistic characteristics include fine-line painting using a monochrome black-brown slip (a clay-based paint pigmented with black iron oxide, manganese and/or plant-based compounds) applied on a light cream-colored background.
Variations in line tone achieved by degrees of dilution of the paint, red-painted rim and basal bands delimiting the pictorial field or page,and pictorial narratives featuring supernatural beings and classic myths.
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