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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Codex Florentine canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican codex
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encyclopedic work ⓘ ethnographic work ⓘ manuscript ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Florentine Codex
NERFINISHED
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Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Nahua informants
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Nahua scribes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Bernardino de Sahagún NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compiler | Bernardino de Sahagún NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
extensive illustrations
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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
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Aztec history ⓘ Aztec language ⓘ Aztec religion ⓘ |
| genre | colonial Mesoamerican manuscript ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Book I: The Gods
NERFINISHED
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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
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Spanish ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 12 ⓘ |
| patron | Spanish colonial authorities ⓘ |
| placeOfCompilation | New Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| subject |
daily life in central Mexico in the 16th century
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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
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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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