Codex Florentine

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The Codex Florentine is a 16th-century encyclopedic manuscript compiled by Bernardino de Sahagún that documents Aztec culture, language, religion, and history in parallel Nahuatl and Spanish texts with extensive illustrations.

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instanceOf Mesoamerican codex
encyclopedic work
ethnographic work
manuscript
alsoKnownAs Florentine Codex NERFINISHED
Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España NERFINISHED
associatedWith Nahua informants
Nahua scribes NERFINISHED
author Bernardino de Sahagún NERFINISHED
compiler Bernardino de Sahagún NERFINISHED
contains extensive illustrations
parallel Nahuatl and Spanish texts
createdFor Franciscan Order NERFINISHED
currentCity Florence NERFINISHED
currentCountry Italy NERFINISHED
currentLocation Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana NERFINISHED
date 16th century
documents Aztec culture
Aztec history
Aztec language
Aztec religion
genre colonial Mesoamerican manuscript
hasPart Book I: The Gods NERFINISHED
Book II: The Ceremonies NERFINISHED
Book III: The Origin of the Gods NERFINISHED
Book IV: The Soothsayers NERFINISHED
Book IX: The Merchants NERFINISHED
Book V: The Omens NERFINISHED
Book VI: Rhetoric and Moral Philosophy NERFINISHED
Book VII: The Sun, Moon, and Stars and the Binding of the Years NERFINISHED
Book VIII: Kings and Lords NERFINISHED
Book X: The People NERFINISHED
Book XI: Earthly Things NERFINISHED
Book XII: The Conquest of Mexico NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Spanish colonial period in Mexico
language Nahuatl
Spanish
numberOfBooks 12
patron Spanish colonial authorities
placeOfCompilation New Spain NERFINISHED
script Latin alphabet
subject daily life in central Mexico in the 16th century
ethnography of the Nahua (Aztecs)
natural history of New Spain NERFINISHED
religious beliefs and rituals of the Aztecs
social and political organization of the Aztecs
usedFor study of Nahuatl language
study of pre-Hispanic Aztec religion
study of the conquest of Mexico from an indigenous perspective
writingSystem alphabetic text with pictorial elements

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Centzon Huitznahua mentionedIn Codex Florentine