Codex Boturini

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Codex Boturini is a pre-Hispanic Aztec pictorial manuscript that chronicles the Mexica migration and the legendary origins of Tenochtitlan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aztec codex
historical document
pictorial manuscript
alternateName Tira de la Peregrinación
associatedWithCity Tenochtitlan
associatedWithDeity Huitzilopochtli
associatedWithPeople Mexica
chronicles Mexica migration
legendary origins of Tenochtitlan
collection Mexican codices
colorUsage monochrome
countryLocatedIn Mexico
countryOfOrigin Mexico
culture Aztec
Mexica
currentLocation Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City
depicts Aztlan
Chicomoztoc
Mexica leaders
footprint paths indicating movement
founding of Tenochtitlan
place glyphs
year signs
ethnicGroupAssociated Mexica people
format screenfold manuscript
genre historical narrative
migration narrative
language Nahuatl pictographic tradition
material amatl paper
namedAfter Lorenzo Boturini Benaducci NERFINISHED
readingDirection from right to left
regionOfOrigin Central Mexico
relatedWork Codex Aubin
Codex Azcatitlan
Codex Mendoza
religionContext Aztec religion
researchField Mesoamerican studies
art history
ethnohistory
scriptType pictographic
significance important source for early history of Tenochtitlan
primary source for Mexica migration traditions
subject Mexica migration from Aztlan to the Basin of Mexico
foundation myths of Tenochtitlan
timePeriod Late Postclassic Mesoamerica
pre-Hispanic era
usedAsSourceBy historians of pre-Hispanic Mexico
writingMedium black ink

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Tenochtitlan founding legend
Tenochtitlan founding legend ("Codex Aubin")
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