Codex Mendoza
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The Codex Mendoza is an Aztec codex, believed to have been created around the year 1541. It contains a history of both the Aztec rulers and their conquests as well as a description of the daily life o
The founding of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan; first page of the Codex Mendoza, c. 1541
The Codex Mendoza on display at the Bodleian Library
Folio 2 recto Founding of Tenochtitlan
Folio 4 verso Conquests of Chimalpopoca
Aztec codex
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Aztec codices are Mesoamerican manuscripts made by the pre-Columbian Aztec, and their Nahuatl-speaking descendants during the colonial period in Mexico. Most of their content is pictorial in nature an
Codex Mendoza
…The Codex Mendoza is an Aztec codex, believed to have been created around the year 1541. It contains a history of both the Aztec rulers and their conquests as well as a description of the…
Diego Durán: A comet seen by Moctezuma, interpreted as a sign of impending peril. (Codex Duran, page 1)
Detail of first stones from the Codex Boturini depicting the departure from Aztlán.
Codex Magliabechiano: ritual cannibalism. (Folio 73r)