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Encyclopedia > Codex Mendoza
The first page of Codex Mendoza. Glyphs for the hueyi tlatoani (Aztec emperors) circle the eagle perched on the cactus, recalling the sign given to the wandering Mexica (Aztecs) that they should found their capital Tenochtitlan at that site. Note that the eagle does not have a snake in its mouth, contrary to the most common version of the legend.
The first page of Codex Mendoza. Glyphs for the hueyi tlatoani (Aztec emperors) circle the eagle perched on the cactus, recalling the sign given to the wandering Mexica (Aztecs) that they should found their capital Tenochtitlan at that site. Note that the eagle does not have a snake in its mouth, contrary to the most common version of the legend.

The Codex Mendoza is an illustrated document written by Aztec scribes in the ancient pictorial format. One of a number of Aztec codices, this document was written between 1541 and 1542, two decades after the Spanish Conquest of Mexico. After completion, a scribe added written descriptions and text in Spanish. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (622x735, 157 KB) First page of the Codez Mendoza representing the Foundation of Tenochtitlan Postcortesian codex, prepared by tlacuilos by orders of Viceroy Mendoza int the year 1541 or 1542. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (622x735, 157 KB) First page of the Codez Mendoza representing the Foundation of Tenochtitlan Postcortesian codex, prepared by tlacuilos by orders of Viceroy Mendoza int the year 1541 or 1542. ... Huey Tlatoani (Nahuatl great speaker, also spelt Uei Tlatoani or Hueyi Tlahtoani; plural Huey Tlatoque) was the Nahuatl title used for the emperor of the Mexica (Aztec). ... Tenochtitlan, looking east. ... The Aztecs were a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries who built an extensive empire in the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerican chronology. ... Aztec codices (singular codex) are books written by pre-Columbian and Spanish colonial era Aztecs. ... Aztec empire The Spanish conquest of Mexico was one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. ...


Written on European paper, it contains 71 pages, divided in three sections:

  • Section I, 16 pages, is a history of the Aztec people from 1325 through 1521 — from the founding of Tenochtitlan through the Spanish conquest. It lists the reign of each ruler and the towns conquered by them.
  • Section II, 39 pages, provides a list of the towns conquered by the Triple Alliance and the tributes paid by each.
  • Section III, 16 pages, is a pictorial depiction of the daily life of the Aztecs.

The codex is also known as the Codex Mendocino and La coleccion Mendoza, and has been held at the Bodleian Library at Oxford University since 1654. Tenochtitlan, looking east. ... Aztec Triple Alliance was an alliance of three city-states: Tenochtitlán, Tlacopán, and Texcoco. ... Entrance to the Library, with the coats-of-arms of several Oxford colleges The Bodleian Library, the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in England is second in size only to the British Library. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ...


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Ancient Scripts: Aztec (1988 words)
A good example occurs in the Codex Telleriano-Remensis, a document written after the Spanish Conquest but at a time when knowledge of the pre-Columbian culture was still available.
The Codex Mendoza, another post-Conquest manuscript, depicted life in Central Mexico around the time of conquest and also contained a section on the tribute exacted by the Aztec Empire.
The previous examples are taken from the Codex Mendoza, and they provide both the Aztec and Spanish versions of the information they are conveying.
Codex - Academic Kids (558 words)
From the 4th century, when the codex gained wide acceptance to the Carolingian Revival in the 8th century many works were not converted from scroll to codex and were lost to posterity.
The codex also made it easier to organize documents in a library because it had a stable spine on which the title of the book could be written, and later read when books were arranged upright on shelves.
The codex is the songbook used at a cantus.
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