Aztec codices

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Mesoamerican manuscript historical document primary source

Aztec codices are pre-Columbian and early colonial-era pictorial manuscripts created by the Aztec civilization that record their history, religion, astronomy, and daily life.

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Surface form Occurrences
Aztec pictorial codices 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican manuscript ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
primary source ⓘ
artStyle Aztec iconography NERFINISHED ⓘ
calendarSystem tonalpohualli (260-day ritual calendar) ⓘ
xiuhpohualli (365-day solar calendar) ⓘ
colorUse mineral pigments ⓘ
colorUse vegetal pigments ⓘ
culture Aztec civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nahua peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentLocation European libraries and museums ⓘ
Mexican archives and museums ⓘ
document Aztec history ⓘ
Aztec religion ⓘ
astronomical knowledge ⓘ
daily life ⓘ
genealogies ⓘ
land tenure ⓘ
ritual calendars ⓘ
tribute records ⓘ
format screenfold book ⓘ
single-sheet manuscript ⓘ
geographicLocation Central Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spanish (glosses) ⓘ
material European paper ⓘ
amatl paper ⓘ
deerskin ⓘ
notableExample Codex Aubin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Codex Borbonicus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Codex Borgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Codex Boturini NERFINISHED ⓘ
Codex Fejérváry-Mayer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Codex Florentine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Codex Mendoza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Codex Telleriano-Remensis NERFINISHED ⓘ
postConquestFeature Christian elements ⓘ
alphabetic annotations ⓘ
postConquestProduction continued under Spanish rule ⓘ
religiousContent ceremonies ⓘ
deities ⓘ
myths ⓘ
survivalStatus few pre-Conquest examples survive ⓘ
timePeriod early colonial period ⓘ
pre-Columbian era ⓘ
use administration ⓘ
divination ⓘ
historical record ⓘ
legal evidence ⓘ
ritual guidance ⓘ
writingSystem Aztec pictographic script NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nahuatl glosses ⓘ

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Calendar Round → representedIn → Aztec codices ⓘ
Coyolxauhqui → representedIn → Aztec codices ⓘ
Coatepec → isReferencedIn → Aztec codices ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aztec pictorial codices