Book V: The Omens

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Book V: The Omens is a section of the Florentine Codex that details the prophetic signs and omens recognized in pre-Hispanic Nahua (Aztec) culture.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Book V: The Omens canonical 3

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf book section ⓘ
part of codex ⓘ
associatedWith Aztecs ⓘ
linked to: Aztec Empire

Nahua people ⓘ
linked to: Nahua
containedIn manuscript held at the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana ⓘ
cultureDescribed Aztec Empire ⓘ
Nahua ⓘ
describes omens ⓘ
prophetic signs ⓘ
documents Nahua divinatory practices ⓘ
indigenous knowledge systems ⓘ
interpretation of signs ⓘ
focusesOn Aztec culture ⓘ
pre-Hispanic Nahua culture ⓘ
genre ethnographic description ⓘ
hasTitle Book V: The Omens ⓘ
historicalSignificance primary source on Aztec religion ⓘ
primary source on Nahua cosmology ⓘ
languageContext Nahuatl ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
locationOfManuscript Florence ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
medium pictorial manuscript ⓘ
partOf Florentine Codex ⓘ
relatedTo Book I of the Florentine Codex ⓘ
linked to: Florentine Codex

Book II of the Florentine Codex ⓘ
linked to: Florentine Codex

Book III of the Florentine Codex ⓘ
linked to: Florentine Codex

Book IV of the Florentine Codex ⓘ
linked to: Florentine Codex

Book IX of the Florentine Codex ⓘ
linked to: Florentine Codex

Book VI of the Florentine Codex ⓘ
linked to: Florentine Codex

Book VII of the Florentine Codex ⓘ
linked to: Florentine Codex

Book VIII of the Florentine Codex ⓘ
linked to: Florentine Codex

Book X of the Florentine Codex ⓘ
linked to: Florentine Codex

Book XI of the Florentine Codex ⓘ
linked to: Florentine Codex

Book XII of the Florentine Codex ⓘ
linked to: Florentine Codex
subject cosmology ⓘ
divination ⓘ
omens and portents ⓘ
religious beliefs ⓘ
ritual practices ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed Late Postclassic period ⓘ
pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica ⓘ
uses alphabetic text ⓘ
pictorial imagery ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Florentine Codex → hasPart → Book V: The Omens ⓘ
Book V: The Omens → hasTitle → Book V: The Omens ⓘ
Codex Florentine → hasPart → Book V: The Omens ⓘ