Mesoamerican codices
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Mesoamerican codices are pre-Columbian and early colonial-era screenfold manuscripts created by Indigenous civilizations of Mesoamerica, containing pictorial and hieroglyphic records of their history, religion, astronomy, and daily life.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mesoamerican codices canonical | 2 |
| Borgia Group of Mesoamerican codices | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17163648 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mesoamerican codices Context triple: [Aztlan, appearsIn, Mesoamerican codices]
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Aztec codices
Aztec codices are pre-Columbian and early colonial-era pictorial manuscripts created by the Aztec civilization that record their history, religion, astronomy, and daily life.
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Mixtec codices
Mixtec codices are pre-Columbian Mesoamerican pictographic manuscripts created by the Mixtec people, recording their history, genealogy, religion, and calendrical knowledge.
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Maya codices
The Maya codices are a small surviving collection of pre-Columbian bark-paper books that record the ancient Maya’s astronomical, calendrical, and ritual knowledge.
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Grolier Codex (Maya Codex of Mexico)
The Grolier Codex, also known as the Maya Codex of Mexico, is one of the few surviving pre-Hispanic Maya screenfold books, notable for its astronomical content and status as one of the oldest known books from the Americas.
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Codex Mendoza
The Codex Mendoza is a 16th-century Aztec manuscript created shortly after the Spanish conquest that documents Mexica history, tribute, and daily life for colonial authorities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mesoamerican codices Target entity description: Mesoamerican codices are pre-Columbian and early colonial-era screenfold manuscripts created by Indigenous civilizations of Mesoamerica, containing pictorial and hieroglyphic records of their history, religion, astronomy, and daily life.
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A.
Aztec codices
Aztec codices are pre-Columbian and early colonial-era pictorial manuscripts created by the Aztec civilization that record their history, religion, astronomy, and daily life.
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B.
Mixtec codices
Mixtec codices are pre-Columbian Mesoamerican pictographic manuscripts created by the Mixtec people, recording their history, genealogy, religion, and calendrical knowledge.
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C.
Maya codices
The Maya codices are a small surviving collection of pre-Columbian bark-paper books that record the ancient Maya’s astronomical, calendrical, and ritual knowledge.
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D.
Grolier Codex (Maya Codex of Mexico)
The Grolier Codex, also known as the Maya Codex of Mexico, is one of the few surviving pre-Hispanic Maya screenfold books, notable for its astronomical content and status as one of the oldest known books from the Americas.
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E.
Codex Mendoza
The Codex Mendoza is a 16th-century Aztec manuscript created shortly after the Spanish conquest that documents Mexica history, tribute, and daily life for colonial authorities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mesoamerican codices