Book IV: The Soothsayers
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Book IV: The Soothsayers is a section of the Florentine Codex that details the roles, practices, and divinatory traditions of Aztec soothsayers and priests in pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
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ethnographic text ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
explain indigenous beliefs to Europeans
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record Aztec religious and divinatory practices ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Franciscan missionary scholarship
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colonial New Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describes |
Aztec divinatory practices
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Aztec priests NERFINISHED ⓘ Aztec soothsayers ⓘ omens and auguries in Aztec culture ⓘ pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican religion ⓘ ritual calendars used for divination ⓘ ritual specialists in Aztec society ⓘ |
| documents |
indigenous divinatory traditions
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indigenous religious knowledge ⓘ social status of ritual specialists ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
methods of divination
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religious duties of priests ⓘ roles of Aztec soothsayers ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Bernardino de Sahagún NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
colonial Mesoamerican manuscript section
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ethnohistorical source ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Classical Nahuatl
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Spanish ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
divination
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omens ⓘ religious specialists ⓘ ritual practice in Aztec society ⓘ |
| hasWorkTitleInEnglish | Book IV: The Soothsayers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkTitleInNahuatl | Book of the Soothsayers (approximate; bilingual section of the Florentine Codex) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkTitleInSpanish | Libro IV: Los Adivinos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isComponentOf | 12-book structure of the Florentine Codex ⓘ |
| medium | manuscript ⓘ |
| partOf | Florentine Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Book I: The Gods (Florentine Codex)
NERFINISHED
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Book II: The Ceremonies (Florentine Codex) NERFINISHED ⓘ Book III: The Origin of the Gods (Florentine Codex) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCulture | Aztec civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica ⓘ |
| setInRegion | Central Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceBy |
anthropologists studying Aztec religion
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ethnohistorians of New Spain ⓘ historians of Mesoamerica ⓘ |
| writtenFor |
Christian missionaries in New Spain
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Spanish colonial authorities ⓘ |
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