Florentine Codex

The Florentine Codex (Latin, Spanish Códice Florentino ) is one of two editions of the Historia General de las Cosas de la Nueva España by Bernardino de Sahagún ( 1499-1590 ), in which the obtained knowledge of the early 16th century setting culture the Aztecs was recorded.

Description

The Codex was created 1540-1585 and includes 12 books with 1846 illustrations. He is a work-up of destroyed source material. Primary sources were recordings of conversations and interviews in Tlatelolco, Texcoco and Tenochtitlan.

Origin

The Codex Florentino is now preserved in the Laurentian Library in Florence

Content

The Florentine Codex describes the conquest and evangelization of Mexico, Mesoamerican gods and morals.