Social Science

The Codex Mendoza

Editorial: University of Texas Press

ISBN: 9789978682210

Pub: 2025-03-03

The Codex Mendoza is part of a collection of documents that were produced in the earliest years of the Spanish conquest, each serving a particular purpose in preserving Aztec history and knowledge. Written and illustrated by Indigenous scholars under the administration of Spanish missionaries, a small number of codices are preserved in collections around the world.