The Codex Mexicanus is an early colonial Mexican pictorial manuscript.

The Codex can be divided into several sections:

1. The saints, the European calendar and zodiac.

2. The Aztec calendar.

3. Accounts in the Aztec pictographic writing system.

4. A family tree of the rulers of Mexico.

5. The history of the Mexica from their departure from Aztlan.

6. Colonial history.

7. Two Christian scenes: the Temptation of Christ and the Adoration.

8. A tonalamatl. This last section is incomplete.

It is currently held in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.

See also

• Aztec codices

• Codex Vaticanus B

References

External links

• High Definition scans of the codex at the French National Library