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The Codex Mendoza is an Aztec codex, believed to have been created around the year 1541. [1] It contains a history of both the Aztec rulers and their conquests as well as a description of the daily life of pre-conquest Aztec society .
Batalla Rosado argues that 1 of the scribes from the Matrícula is the same painter charged with creating the Codex Mendoza possibly named Francisco Gualpuyogualcal. This idea has been pushed back against by Gómez Tejada who argued that the Matrícula actually belonged to a group of documents that the Mendoza referenced rather than being the ...
Codex Mendoza is a mixed pictorial, alphabetic Spanish manuscript. [24] Of supreme importance is the Florentine Codex , a project directed by Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagún , who drew on indigenous informants' knowledge of Aztec religion, social structure, natural history, and includes a history of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec ...
War with Cuatzontlan. Durán Codex Tequihua spies gathering information on an enemy city during the night. Codex Mendoza. An important campaign was the conquest of Xaltepec (today known as Jaltepec) and Cuatzontlan and the suppression of the last revolt in Icpatepec, all in Oaxaca. This war started as the result of provocations given by ...
During the 19th century, the word 'codex' became popular to designate any pictorial manuscript in the Mesoamerican tradition. In reality, pre-Columbian manuscripts are, strictly speaking, not codices, since the strict librarian usage of the word denotes manuscript books made of vellum, papyrus and other materials besides paper, that have been sewn on one side. [1]
A map showing the de Soto route through the Southeast, 1539–1542. The viceroy of New Spain Antonio de Mendoza, for whom is named the Codex Mendoza, commissioned several expeditions to explore and establish settlements in the northern lands of New Spain in 1540–1542. Francisco Vázquez de Coronado reached Quivira in central Kansas.
The codex was created about 20 years after the Spanish conquest of Mexico. This image depicts the foundation of the city of Tenochtitlan. The image of the golden eagle, perched upon a cactus (depicted in the middle of the page) is the Coat of arms of Mexico and appears on the Flag of Mexico. Articles this image appears in Codex Mendoza Creator
The Codex Borbonicus is considered by some to be the only extant Aztec codex produced before the conquest – it is a calendric codex describing the day and month counts indicating the patron deities of the different periods. [27] Others consider it to have stylistic traits suggesting a post-conquest production. [130]