Codices

Codices are traditional Mesoamerican books. The Aztecs would paint beautiful constellations of pictorial glyphs on sheets of amatl paper. Instead of rolling up the paper like a European-type scroll, they would be folded accordion-style. These books were created by priests and scribes who were skilled in the arts, and they preserved a great body of learning in their pages. Unfortunately, only a handful of books survived the destruction of the Conquest, and their translation is still a work in progress. FAMSI has commentary (none in English, sadly) on many of these books, which you can reach from the main index for Aztec codices at FAMSI below. Codices hosted by other sites may have commentary, which will be noted below as appropriate.

Index Of Codices

Main Index For Aztec Codices At FAMSI

Codex Borbonicus

Codex Borgia

Codex Cospi

Codex Fejéváry-Mayer

Codex Fejéváry-Mayer Commentary of Dr. Eduard Seler (English PDF)

Codex Huexotzinco

Codex Laud

Codex Laud Commentary (English)

Codex Magliabecchiano

Codex Telleriano-Remensis

Codex Tonalamatl

Codex Vaticanus 3738

Codex Vaticanus 3773 (Vaticanus B)

Codex Vaticanus 3773 commentary of Dr. Eduard Seler, Part 1 — The Obverse Side of the Codex.  (English PDF)

Codex Vaticanus 3773 commentary of Dr. Eduard Seler, Part 2 — The Reverse Side of the Codex.  Includes complete copy of the codex.   (English PDF)