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The
Codex Mendoza
is an
Aztec codex
believed to have been created around the year 1541. It contains a history of both the Aztec rulers and their conquests as well as a description of the daily life of pre-conquest
Aztec society
. The codex is written in the
Nahuatl
language utilizing traditional
Aztec pictograms
with a translation and explanation of the text provided in Spanish. It is named after
Don
Antonio de Mendoza
, the
viceroy
of
New Spain
, and a leading patron of native artists.
This page depicts the founding of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan , located on the site of the modern Mexico City. It is in the collection of the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford. Manuscript credit: unknown