Florentine Codex
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The Florentine Codex is a 16th-century encyclopedic manuscript compiled by Bernardino de Sahagún that documents Aztec culture, language, religion, and history in both Nahuatl and Spanish.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T869333 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Florentine Codex Context triple: [Aztec Empire, primarySource, Florentine Codex]
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A.
Codex Mendoza
The Codex Mendoza is a 16th-century Aztec manuscript created shortly after the Spanish conquest that documents Mexica history, tribute, and daily life for colonial authorities.
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B.
Cartas de Relación by Hernán Cortés
Cartas de Relación by Hernán Cortés is a series of letters to the Spanish king in which Cortés narrates and justifies his expedition in Mexico, providing a key firsthand account of the conquest and early colonial encounters with the Aztec Empire.
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C.
The True History of the Conquest of New Spain
The True History of the Conquest of New Spain is a 16th-century chronicle by conquistador Bernal Díaz del Castillo that offers a detailed eyewitness account of Hernán Cortés’s campaign and the fall of the Aztec Empire.
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D.
Codex Boturini
Codex Boturini is a pre-Hispanic Aztec pictorial manuscript that chronicles the Mexica migration and the legendary origins of Tenochtitlan.
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E.
Siete Partidas
Siete Partidas is a comprehensive 13th-century Castilian legal code, traditionally attributed to Alfonso X, that systematized civil, criminal, and ecclesiastical law and became highly influential in Spain and its overseas territories.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Florentine Codex Target entity description: The Florentine Codex is a 16th-century encyclopedic manuscript compiled by Bernardino de Sahagún that documents Aztec culture, language, religion, and history in both Nahuatl and Spanish.
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A.
Codex Mendoza
The Codex Mendoza is a 16th-century Aztec manuscript created shortly after the Spanish conquest that documents Mexica history, tribute, and daily life for colonial authorities.
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B.
Cartas de Relación by Hernán Cortés
Cartas de Relación by Hernán Cortés is a series of letters to the Spanish king in which Cortés narrates and justifies his expedition in Mexico, providing a key firsthand account of the conquest and early colonial encounters with the Aztec Empire.
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C.
The True History of the Conquest of New Spain
The True History of the Conquest of New Spain is a 16th-century chronicle by conquistador Bernal Díaz del Castillo that offers a detailed eyewitness account of Hernán Cortés’s campaign and the fall of the Aztec Empire.
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D.
Codex Boturini
Codex Boturini is a pre-Hispanic Aztec pictorial manuscript that chronicles the Mexica migration and the legendary origins of Tenochtitlan.
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E.
Siete Partidas
Siete Partidas is a comprehensive 13th-century Castilian legal code, traditionally attributed to Alfonso X, that systematized civil, criminal, and ecclesiastical law and became highly influential in Spain and its overseas territories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican codex
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encyclopedic work ⓘ ethnographic manuscript ⓘ historical source ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Florentine Codex
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surface form:
General History of the Things of New Spain
Florentine Codex ⓘ
surface form:
Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España
Florentine Codex ⓘ
surface form:
La Historia Universal de las Cosas de Nueva España
|
| associatedWith |
Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco
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surface form:
College of Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco
|
| author | Bernardino de Sahagún ⓘ |
| compiler | Bernardino de Sahagún ⓘ |
| compilerOccupation | Franciscan friar ⓘ |
| contains |
bilingual text
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descriptions of Aztec deities ⓘ descriptions of Aztec rituals ⓘ descriptions of daily life ⓘ descriptions of natural history ⓘ descriptions of social classes ⓘ descriptions of warfare ⓘ ethnobotanical information ⓘ ethnohistorical narratives ⓘ myths and legends ⓘ pictorial illustrations ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Viceroyalty of New Spain
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surface form:
New Spain
|
| currentLocation | Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana ⓘ |
| currentLocationCity | Florence ⓘ |
| currentLocationCountry | Italy ⓘ |
| dateCreated | 16th century ⓘ |
| genre |
chronicle
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encyclopedia ⓘ ethnography ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Book I: The Gods
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Book II: The Ceremonies ⓘ Book III: The Origin of the Gods ⓘ Book IV: The Soothsayers ⓘ Book IX: The Merchants ⓘ Book V: The Omens ⓘ Book VI: Rhetoric and Moral Philosophy ⓘ Book VII: The Sun, Moon, and Stars and the Binding of the Years ⓘ Book VIII: Kings and Lords ⓘ Book X: The People ⓘ Book XI: Earthly Things ⓘ Book XII: The Conquest of Mexico ⓘ |
| illustrationStyle | indigenous Nahua pictorial tradition ⓘ |
| influenced |
anthropological methods of participant observation
ⓘ
modern Mesoamerican ethnohistory ⓘ |
| language |
Nahuatl
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Aztecs
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surface form:
Aztec culture
Aztec history ⓘ Aztec language ⓘ Aztec mythology ⓘ
surface form:
Aztec religion
Aztec Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Aztec society
|
| material | European paper ⓘ |
| numberOfVolumes | 12 ⓘ |
| patron | Franciscan Order ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Mexico
ⓘ
Tlatelolco altepetl ⓘ
surface form:
Tlatelolco
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| purpose |
aid Christian evangelization of the Nahua
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document indigenous knowledge of New Spain ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Franciscan missionary work ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| significance |
key document of early modern ethnography
ⓘ
major source on Aztec religion ⓘ primary source on Nahua culture ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
modern critical editions
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scholarly translations into English ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
early colonial New Spain
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pre-Hispanic central Mexico ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Calmecac
this entity surface form:
Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España
this entity surface form:
General History of the Things of New Spain
this entity surface form:
La Historia Universal de las Cosas de Nueva España
this entity surface form:
the Florentine Codex
this entity surface form:
Fray Bernardino de Sahagún’s Florentine Codex