ID: 700009561 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009561	Record Type: Movable Work
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Codice Fiorentino (codex (bound manuscript); various Aztec illustrators; writer, Bernardino de Sahagún (...; ca. 1578-1580; Medicean-Laurentian Library (Florence, Firenze province, Tus...;)

Note: Codex in 12 books bound in 3 volumes, text in Spanish and Nahuatl: Book I: The Gods; Book II: The Ceremonies; Book III The Origin of the Gods; Book IV: Astrology; Book V: Omens; Book VI: Rhetoric and Moral Philosophy; Book VII: The Sun, Moon, and Stars, and the Binding of the Years; Book VIII: Kings and Lords; Book IX: The Merchants; Book X: The People, Their Virtues and Vices, and Other Nations; Book XI: Natural Things; Book XII: The Conquest of Mexico. It is richly illustrated by indigenous artists, covering Nahua religious, economic, social, and civil life. It covers topics such as Mexica history, mythology, the use of plants and animals, and the Spanish conquest through the eyes of the indigenous authors.

Titles:

Codice Fiorentino (preferred,C,U,RP,Italian-P,U,U)

Florentine Codex (C,U,TR,English-P,U,U)

Códice Florentino (C,U,Spanish,U,U)

Huehueamoxtli Florentino (C,U,Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl,U,U)

General history of the things of New Spain (C,U,English,U,U)

La Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España (C,U,Spanish,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

codex (bound manuscript) [300224200] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by conditions of production>, manuscripts (documents))

Classifications:

manuscripts (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 1578-1580

Creator Display:

various Aztec illustrators; writer, Bernardino de Sahagún (Spanish missionary, ethnographer, 1499-1590); writer: Valeriano, Antonio (Spanish, author. 16th century); writer, Vegerano, Alonso; writer, San Buenaventura, Pedro de; writer: Jacobita, Martín ( ); scribe: Grado, Diego de ( ); scribe: Maximilliano, Bonifacio ( ); scribe: Severino, Mateo ( ) [preferred,GRI-FloCo,VP]

writer Bernardino de Sahagún (Spanish missionary, ethnographer, 1499-1590) [500476039]

illuminators unknown Aztec (Aztec cultural designation) [500202913]

Locations:

Other: Creation: México [7005560] North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Medicean-Laurentian Library (Florence, Firenze province, Tuscany, Italy) [500305289] San Lorenzo, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Display Materials: ink and color on paper

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	color (pigment) [300264870]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

Dimensions: leaves, around 310 x 210 millimeters

Cultures:

Spanish (preferred)

Aztec

General Subject:

history and legend (preferred,description)

genre (description)

Specific Subjects:

	Aztec (culture or style) [300017033]
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Americas| The, Pre-Columbian (American), <Pre-Columbian Middle American styles and periods>, Mesoamerican, <Mesoamerican regional styles and periods>, <Central Plateau Mesoamerican styles and periods>, Central Plateau Mesoamerican styles) (AAT)

	daily life [300419286]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <culture and related concepts>, culture-related concepts) (AAT)

	Spanish Conquest of Mexico [901001730]
	.....((Mexican history, North and South American history, Named Events)) (ICON)

Spanish (language) [300389311]

.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), language-related concepts, <languages and writing systems>, <languages and writing systems by specific type>, Indo-European (language family), Italic (languages), Romance (languages), Italo-Western (languages), Western Romance (languages), Ibero-Romance (languages), Western Iberian (languages), Castilian (group of languages)) (AAT)

	Nahuatl (language) [300388932]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), language-related concepts, <languages and writing systems>, <languages and writing systems by specific type>, <temporary alphabetical list: languages and writing systems>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Additional Notes:

Italian ..... Il testo è in spagnolo e nahuatl, la lingua degli aztechi. Il Codice in 12 libri, riccamente illustrati da artisti indigeni, tratta della religione azteca e della vita civile economica e sociale, della storia e della mitologia azteca, dell’uso delle piante e degli animali e della conquista spagnola vista attraverso gli occhi dei nativi messicani.

Spanish ..... Códice en 12 libros amarrado en 3 volumen, texto en español y náhuatl, con título en español, Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España: Libro I: Los dioses; Libro II: Calendario, fiestas y ceremonias; Libro III: El principio que tuvieron los dioses; Libro IV: Astrología; Libro V: Los agüeros; Libro VI: Retórica y filosofía moral y teología; Libro VII: Astrología y filosofía natural; Libro VIII: Los reyes y señores; Libro IX: Los Mercaderes; Libro X: La gente; Libro XI: Cosas Naturales; Libro XII: La conquista de la Nueva España. Ilustrado ricamente de artistas indígenas, trata la vida religiosa, económica, social y civil de los mexicas, y temas como la historia, mitología de los nahuas, el uso de plantas y animales, y la conquista española de la perspectiva de los autores indígenas.

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl ..... Huehueamoxtli tlen moxeloa ipan mahtlactli huan omeh amoxtli huan tlachihualli pan eyi tlaxelolli, tlahtolmilli ica caxtillan huan nahuatl, ica caxtillan inintohtocah, huehuehtlahtolli tlen cempauhcan nochi tlamantli tlen Mexcotlalli; Amoxtli I: Tlen totiotzitzin; Amoxtli II: Tonalpohualli, ilhuitl huan campeca; Amoxtli III: Tlapehualtilli tlen quipixqueh totiotzitzin; Amoxtli IV: Citlalmanextilpan; Amoxtli V: Tetzahuitl; Amoxtli VI: Zaniltlahtolli huan tlanehnehuiliztlahtolli huan tlaneltoquilixtlamatilli tlen totiotzitzin huan macehualmeh; Amoxtli VII: Citlalmanextilpan huan tlanehnehuiliztlahtolli tlen tlaltepactli; Amoxtli VIII: Huei tlanahuatianih huan chanehquez; Amoxtli IX: Huei tlanamacanih; Amoxtli X: Macehualmeh huan inintlachiyaliz ; Amoxtli XI: Tlamantli tlen oncah tlaltepactli; Amoxtli XII: Quen moaxcahtihqueh Mexcotlalli. Tlamaixcopinalli cempauhcan ica tlahpanih macehualmeh, zaniloa ica tlaneltoquilli, quen nemi huan mopanoltia ce macehualli, huan tlamantli quence huehuehtlahtolli, tlaneltoquilli, quen motequihuia xihuimeh huan tecuanimeh, huan quen moaxcahtihqueh Mexcotlalli caxtiltlacameh tlen quipohuah macehualmeh.

Sources and Contributors:
Codice Fiorentino	........ [VP]
	........ Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana [online] (2000-) accessed 23 August 2018
Florentine Codex	........ [VP,GRI-FloCo]
	........ UCLA, Colonial Mexico and Europe: Florentine Codex (2015) title
	........ Arduini, World of the Aztecs, in the Florentine Codex (2007) title
	........ Sahagun and Anderson, Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain (1982) title
	........ Sahagún 2012
	........ GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)
Códice Florentino	........ [VP,GRI-FloCo]
	........ Sahagún 1989
	........ GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)
Huehueamoxtli Florentino	........ [GRI-FloCo,VP]
	........ GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)
General history of the things of New Spain	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
La Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Pecci, Images from the Codex (2007)

....................... Arduini, World of the Aztecs, in the Florentine Codex (2007)

....................... UCLA, Colonial Mexico and Europe: Florentine Codex (2015)

....................... Sahagun and Anderson, Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain (1982)

....................... León-Portilla, Bernardino de Sahagún: First Anthropologist (2002)

....................... GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-) FCC008

Note:
English	..... [GRI-FloCo,VP]
	..... GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)
Italian	..... [VP]
	..... Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana [online] (2000-) accessed 23 August 2018
Spanish	..... [GRI-FloCo,VP]
	..... GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl	..... [GRI-FloCo]
	..... GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)