Codex Borbonicus
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Codex Borbonicus is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican pictorial manuscript, likely created by Aztec priests, that records ritual calendars, ceremonies, and cosmological beliefs.
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aztec manuscript
ⓘ
Mesoamerican codex ⓘ pictorial manuscript ⓘ |
| artStyle | Aztec style ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Tenochtitlan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale (France) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coloration | polychrome ⓘ |
| condition | incomplete at the beginning ⓘ |
| contains |
260-day ritual calendar
ⓘ
52-year calendar cycle ⓘ New Fire ceremony depiction ⓘ day signs and number signs ⓘ images of gods and goddesses ⓘ veintena festivals sequence ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| creator | Aztec priests NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Aztec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentLocation |
Palais Bourbon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Aztec gods
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
astronomical and calendrical symbols ⓘ ritual offerings ⓘ sacrificial scenes ⓘ |
| format | screenfold codex ⓘ |
| genre |
divinatory almanac
ⓘ
religious manuscript ⓘ ritual calendar ⓘ |
| language | Nahuatl (pictorial, non-alphabetic) ⓘ |
| material |
amatl paper
ⓘ
bark paper ⓘ |
| origin |
Central Mexico
ⓘ
Valley of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Aztec religion ⓘ |
| researchField |
Mesoamerican studies
ⓘ
art history ⓘ ethnohistory ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | right-to-left (reading order of pages) ⓘ |
| shelfmark | MS 1 ⓘ |
| significance | one of the most important surviving Aztec codices ⓘ |
| subject |
Aztec deities
ⓘ
Aztec festivals ⓘ ceremonies ⓘ cosmological beliefs ⓘ ritual calendars ⓘ tonalpohualli ⓘ xiuhpohualli ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early colonial period
ⓘ
late pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
| use |
divination
ⓘ
priestly instruction ⓘ ritual planning ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Aztec pictographic script ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Xiuhcoatl