Book XI: Earthly Things
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Book XI: Earthly Things is a major section of the Florentine Codex that catalogues and describes the natural world—plants, animals, and minerals—as understood in 16th-century Nahua (Aztec) culture.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
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ethnographic text ⓘ natural history work ⓘ |
| aim | document indigenous knowledge of nature ⓘ |
| associatedCulture |
Aztec
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Nahua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityOfManuscript | Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedUnder | Spanish colonial rule ⓘ |
| compiler | Bernardino de Sahagún NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
illustrations of animals
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illustrations of minerals ⓘ illustrations of plants ⓘ |
| culturalContext | post-Conquest central Mexico ⓘ |
| describes |
Nahua classifications of animals
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Nahua classifications of minerals ⓘ Nahua classifications of plants ⓘ Nahua cosmological views of nature ⓘ medicinal properties of natural substances ⓘ symbolic meanings of animals ⓘ symbolic meanings of plants ⓘ uses of animals in Nahua culture ⓘ uses of plants in Nahua culture ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Mesoamerican fauna
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Mesoamerican flora ⓘ Mesoamerican minerals ⓘ |
| genre |
colonial Mesoamerican manuscript
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ethnobotany ⓘ ethnozoology ⓘ |
| language |
Classical Nahuatl
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Spanish ⓘ |
| method |
collaboration with indigenous scribes
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interviews with Nahua informants ⓘ |
| originalManuscriptLocation | Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Florentine Codex
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General History of the Things of New Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Florence
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New Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preserves | pre-Hispanic Nahua knowledge of nature ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Book X of the Florentine Codex
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Book XII of the Florentine Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| subject |
animals
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minerals ⓘ natural world ⓘ plants ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 16th century ⓘ |
| writtenIn | bilingual format ⓘ |
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