Aztec codices  

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Aztec codices (Template:Lang-nah Template:IPA-nah) are books written by pre-Columbian and colonial-era Aztecs. These codices provide some of the best primary sources for Aztec culture. The pre-Columbian codices differ from European codices in that they are largely pictorial; they were not meant to symbolize spoken or written narratives.

Other codices

• Codex Borgia - pre-Hispanic ritual codex. The name is also given to a number of codices called the Borgia Group:
  • Codex Selden
  • Codex Laud
  • Codex Vaticanus B
  • Codex Cospi
  • Codex Fejérváry-Mayer - pre-Hispanic calendar codex.
• Codex Telleriano-Remensis - calendar, divinatory almanac and history of the Aztec people.
  • Codex Ríos - an Italian translation and augmentation of the Codex Telleriano-Remensis.
• Ramírez Codex - a history by Juan de Tovar.
• Anales de Tlatelolco a.k.a. "Unos Anales Históricos de la Nación Mexicana" - post-conquest.
• Durán Codex - a history by Diego Durán.
• Codex Xolotl - a pictorial codex recounting the history of the Valley of Mexico, and Texcoco in particular, from Xolotl's arrival in the Valley to the defeat of Azcapotzalco in 1428.
• Codex Azcatitlan
• Mapa de Cuauhtinchan No. 2 - a post-conquest indigenous map, legitimazing the land rights of the Cuauhtinchantlacas.

• History of Tlaxcala, aka Lienzo de Tlaxcala - written by and under the supervision of Diego Muñoz Camargo in the years leading up to 1585.

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• Codex Vergara - records the border lengths of Mesoamerican farms and calculates their areas.
• Códice de Santa María Asunción - Aztec census, similar to Codex Vergara

See also

• Codex Zouche-Nuttall - one of the Mixtec codices. Codex Zouche-Nuttall is currently in the British Museum.
• Crónica X
• Maya codices