Codex Nuttall

E165613

Codex Nuttall is a pre-Columbian Mixtec pictographic manuscript that records the genealogy, history, and religious narratives of Mixtec rulers and communities in what is now southern Mexico.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Codex Zouche-Nuttall 6
Codex Nuttall canonical 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mixtec codex
pictographic manuscript
pre-Columbian manuscript
alsoKnownAs Codex Nuttall
surface form: Codex Zouche-Nuttall
associatedWith Mesoamerican codices
Mixtec codices
conservationStatus well-preserved
country United Kingdom
countryOfOrigin Mexico
culture Mixtec civilization
currentLocation British Museum
depicts Lord Eight Deer Jaguar Claw
Mixtec royal lineages
dynastic marriages
founding of cities
ritual ceremonies
warfare events
fieldOfWork Mesoamerican history
ethnohistory
iconography
genre genealogical record
historical narrative
religious narrative
hasPart obverse side
reverse side
language Mixtec
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity London, England
surface form: London

southern Mexico
mainSubject Mixtec communities
Mixtec religious practices
Mixtec rulers
genealogy of Mixtec dynasties
history of Mixtec polities
materialUsed deerskin
namedAfter Zelia Nuttall
orientation screenfold format
originatesFrom Mixteca Alta
Tilantongo region
partOf Mesoamerican manuscript tradition
regionOfOrigin Oaxaca
scriptType pictographic
significance primary source for Mixtec history
timePeriod Postclassic period of Mesoamerica
surface form: Late Postclassic Mesoamerica

pre-Columbian era
use dynastic legitimation
recording political alliances
ritual consultation
writingMedium painted surface
writingSystem Mixtec pictographic script

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mixtec civilization notableWork Codex Nuttall
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica notableDocument Codex Nuttall
this entity surface form: Codex Zouche-Nuttall
Codex Vindobonensis Mexicanus I relatedTo Codex Nuttall
this entity surface form: Codex Zouche-Nuttall
Ñuu Savi civilization notableCodex Codex Nuttall
Mixtec pictographic script foundIn Codex Nuttall
this entity surface form: Codex Zouche-Nuttall
Codex Nuttall alsoKnownAs Codex Nuttall
this entity surface form: Codex Zouche-Nuttall
Codex Bodley relatedTo Codex Nuttall
this entity surface form: Codex Zouche-Nuttall
Codex Selden relatedTo Codex Nuttall
this entity surface form: Codex Zouche-Nuttall