What are the three languages in the Florentine Codex?

What are the three languages in the Florentine Codex?

The Florentine Codex is a complex document, assembled, edited, and appended over decades. Essentially it is three integral texts: (1) in Nahuatl; (2) a Spanish text; (3) pictorials.

What does this first folio of Book 12 of the Florentine Codex depict?

Book Twelve contains a meticulous retelling of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, from the days leading up to the first arrival of Cortes to the eventual submission of the Tlatilulcans, the Tenochtitlans, and their rulers to the Spaniards.

How was the Florentine Codex written?

The Florentine Codex includes Spanish, the languages of the missionaries Sahagún was likely creating the Codex for, and Nahuatl, the language of the Aztec people providing the information. The Nahuatl appears on the right side of the Codex pages while the Spanish translations appear on the left.

Where is the original Florentine Codex?

Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
About the Florentine Codex The manuscript was sent to Europe shortly after completion in 1577 and acquired before 1587 by the Medici family, who kept the codex safe for centuries. It continues to be housed at the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence, Italy, and is hence known as the Florentine Codex.

Why was the Florentine Codex important?

Today, the Florentine Codex survives as the single most important textual source for Mesoamerican pre-Hispanic culture, as well as for the native viewpoint regarding the Spanish invasion.

Is the Florentine Codex reliable?

The codex, modeled after ancient Roman and medieval encyclopedias that were available to the makers of the codex at the Tlatelolco library, is regarded as the most reliable source of information about central Mexican Nahua culture.

When was the Florentine Codex written?

The Florentine Codex, originally entitled Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España (General History of Matters in New Spain), is a bilingual Nahuatl – Spanish encyclopedic text, composed between 1545 and 1590.

Is the Florentine Codex trustworthy?

Who put together the Florentine Codex?

friar Bernardino de Sahagún
About the Florentine Codex It continues to be housed at the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence, Italy, and is hence known as the Florentine Codex. The Spanish Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagún and a large team of Indigenous authors and artists worked on compiling the information over 30 years.