The original page 13 of the Codex Borbonicus, showing the 13th trecena of the Aztec sacred calendar. This 13th trecena was under the auspices of the goddess Tlazolteotl, who is shown on the upper left wearing a flayed skin, giving birth to Cinteotl. The 13 day-signs of this trecena, starting with 1 Earthquake, 2 Flint/Knife, 3 Rain, etc., are shown on the bottom row and the right column.
The Codex Borbonicus is an Aztec codex written by Aztec priests shortly before or after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. It is named after the Palais Bourbon in France and kept at the Bibliothèque de l'Assemblée Nationale in Paris. The codex is an outstanding example of how Aztec manuscript painting is crucial for the understanding of Mexica calendric constructions, deities, and ritual actions.[1]
^Keber, Eloise Quiñones. "Borbonicus, Codex." In Davíd Carrasco (ed). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures [vol 1] . : Oxford University Press, 2001 ISBN 9780195188431
The CodexBorbonicus is an Aztec codex written by Aztec priests shortly before or after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. It is named after the...
been considered as being possibly pre-Hispanic: CodexBorbonicus, the Matrícula de Tributos and the Codex Boturini. According to Robertson, no pre-Conquest...
Mexico. Today the codex remains in the hands of the National Institute of Anthropology and History in Mexico. The CodexBorbonicus closely mirrors the...
Pre-Columbian Codex Borgia (plates 11 and 65), the 16th century CodexBorbonicus (page 5), the 16th century Codex Ríos (page 17), and the Florentine Codex (plate...
marker of Chantico, being seen in the Codex Aubin Tonalamatl, CodexBorbonicus, Codex Telleriano Remensis, and the Codex Rios. It is depicted as a stream of...
and prognostications are the following, according to the glosses in CodexBorbonicus: One Caiman, Tonacatecuhtli One Jaguar, Ehecatl One Deer, Tepeyollotl...
maguey plant on Page 8 of the CodexBorbonicus, give the sense that she and the plant are one. Furthermore, the CodexBorbonicus displays Mayahuel as holding...
the future. The best surviving examples of tonalamatl are the CodexBorbonicus and the Codex Borgia. Aztec calendar León-Portilla (1963) 116-20. Elżbieta...
forces that had significance in Aztec mythology.[need quotation to verify] Codex drawings pictured both Quetzalcoatl and Xolotl wearing an ehēcacōzcatl around...
of their sockets. According to the creation recounted in the Florentine Codex, after the Fifth Sun was initially created, it did not move. Ehecatl ("God...
scribes. The CodexBorbonicus is considered by some to be the only extant Aztec codex produced before the conquest – it is a calendric codex describing...
calendar as a whole is suggested by his depiction in texts such as the Codex Borgia and Codex Fejéváry-Mayer, where Tezcatlipoca is surrounded by day signs, implying...
others of the region. Many surviving Mesoamerican codices, such as CodexBorbonicus, are divinatory calendars, based on the 260-day year, with each page...
closely identified with fire and solar heat. Page 46 of the pre-Columbian Codex Borgia depicts four smoking Xiuhcoatl serpents arranged around a burning...
century Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagún wrote in his Florentine Codex that Indians traveled to Tepeyac to worship Tonantzin. In her book Goddesses...
mythology and belief systems, such as the Histoyre du méchique, Florentine Codex, and Codex Bodley, both compiled in the sixteenth century. Tlaltecuhtli is typically...
Nahui Ollin symbol with an eye (ixtli) in the center. A solar ray and a precious stone (chalchihuitl) emanata from the eye, CodexBorbonicus (1519–1521)...
the eyes, and sacrificial knives to simulate nose and tongue. In the CodexBorbonicus, Xolotl's tongue is made out of flint and he is carrying another knife...
perform divinatory hand casting during the creation of people. The Aztec CodexBorbonicus shows the original human couple, Oxomoco and Cipactonal, engaged in...
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