Codex Azcatitlan

E407603

Mesoamerican codex historical chronicle pictorial manuscript

Codex Azcatitlan is a 16th-century pictorial Mesoamerican manuscript that chronicles Mexica (Aztec) history from their migration into central Mexico through the early colonial period.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Codex Azcatitlan canonical	2
Crónica Mexicayotl	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mesoamerican codex ⓘ historical chronicle ⓘ pictorial manuscript ⓘ
artStyle	Indigenous Mesoamerican style ⓘ hybrid Indigenous-European style ⓘ
associatedWith	Indigenous chroniclers of New Spain ⓘ Mexica nobility ⓘ
contains	battle scenes ⓘ glyphs representing personal names ⓘ glyphs representing place names ⓘ images of rulers and nobles ⓘ religious scenes ⓘ scenes of evangelization ⓘ scenes of tribute collection ⓘ year signs ⓘ
culture	Aztec culture ⓘ surface form: Aztec Mexica ⓘ
dateCreated	16th century ⓘ
documents	Aztec imperial expansion ⓘ Christianization of Indigenous people ⓘ Mexica migration into central Mexico ⓘ Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ early colonial society in New Spain ⓘ foundation of Tenochtitlan ⓘ history of the Mexica (Aztecs) ⓘ interaction between Spaniards and Indigenous peoples ⓘ tribute and labor obligations under colonial rule ⓘ
geographicFocus	Central Mexico ⓘ Valley of Mexico ⓘ
historicalSignificance	key source for Aztec imperial history ⓘ key source for Mexica migration narratives ⓘ key source for early colonial Indigenous perspectives ⓘ
language	Nahuatl pictorial tradition ⓘ
materialForm	bound manuscript ⓘ
medium	European paper ⓘ
origin	Central Mexico ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ surface form: New Spain
productionContext	early colonial Indigenous workshop ⓘ
scriptType	iconographic notation ⓘ pictographic writing ⓘ
subjectOf	Aztec historiography studies ⓘ Mesoamerican ethnohistorical research ⓘ art historical analysis ⓘ
timePeriodDocumented	Tenochtitlan founding legend ⓘ surface form: Mexica migration period Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ surface form: Postclassic Mesoamerica early colonial period in New Spain ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Codex Boturini → relatedWork → Codex Azcatitlan ⓘ

Tepanec War → documentedIn → Codex Azcatitlan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Crónica Mexicayotl

Aztlan → appearsIn → Codex Azcatitlan ⓘ