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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Codex Boturini canonical | 6 |
| Codex Aubin | 1 |
Statements (48)
| 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historical document ⓘ pictorial manuscript ⓘ |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 Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Aztec
Mexica ⓘ |
| currentLocation |
National Museum of Anthropology
ⓘ
surface form:
Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City
|
| depicts |
Aztlan
ⓘ
Chicomoztoc ⓘ Mexica leaders ⓘ footprint paths indicating movement ⓘ founding of Tenochtitlan ⓘ place glyphs ⓘ year signs ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociated |
Mexica
ⓘ
surface form:
Mexica people
|
| format | screenfold manuscript ⓘ |
| genre |
historical narrative
ⓘ
migration narrative ⓘ |
| language | Nahuatl pictographic tradition ⓘ |
| material | amatl paper ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Lorenzo Boturini Benaducci ⓘ |
| readingDirection | from right to left ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Central Mexico ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Codex Aubin
ⓘ
Codex Azcatitlan ⓘ Codex Mendoza ⓘ |
| religionContext |
Aztec mythology
ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica
ⓘ
surface form:
Late Postclassic Mesoamerica
pre-Hispanic era ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceBy | historians of pre-Hispanic Mexico ⓘ |
| writingMedium | black ink ⓘ |
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Subject: Codex Boturini Description of subject: Codex Boturini is a pre-Hispanic Aztec pictorial manuscript that chronicles the Mexica migration and the legendary origins of Tenochtitlan.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Codex Aubin