The Codex Borgia (The Vatican, Bibl. Vat., Borg.mess.1), also known as Codex Borgianus, Manuscrit de Veletri[1] and Codex Yohualli Ehecatl,[2] is a pre-Columbian Middle American pictorial manuscript from Central Mexico featuring calendrical and ritual content, dating from the 16th century. It is named after the 18th century Italian cardinal, Stefano Borgia, who owned it before it was acquired by the Vatican Library after the cardinal's death in 1804.[3]
The Codex Borgia is a member of, and gives its name to, the Borgia Group of manuscripts. It is considered to be among the most important sources for the study of Central Mexican gods, ritual, divination, calendar, religion and iconography.[1] It is one of only a handful of pre-Columbian Mexican codices that were not destroyed during the conquest in the 16th century; it was perhaps written near Cholula, Tlaxcala, Huejotzingo or the Mixtec region of Puebla.[4] Its ethnic affiliation is unclear, and could either have been produced by Nahuatl-speaking Tlaxcaltec people, Cholulteca people, or by the Mixtec.
- ^ a b Handbook of Middle American Indians. Volume fourteen, volume fifteen, Guide to ethnohistorical sources. Robert Wauchope, Howard Francis Cline, Charles Gibson, H. B. Nicholson, Tulane University. Middle American Research Institute. Austin. 2015. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-4773-0687-1. OCLC 974489206.
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:2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Codex Borgia : Biblioteca apostolica vaticana (Cod. Borg. Messicano 1). Karl Anton Nowotny, Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, Jay I. Kislak Collection (Vollständige Faksimile-Ausg. des Codex im Originalformat ed.). Graz, Austria: Akadem. Druck-u. Verlagsanstalt. 1976. p. 45. ISBN 3-201-00964-4. OCLC 3706318.
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