Madrid Codex
E611360
The Madrid Codex is one of the few surviving pre-Columbian Maya books, notable for its hieroglyphic script and detailed ritual, calendrical, and astronomical content.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Madrid Codex canonical | 9 |
| Codex Pérez | 1 |
| Códice de Madrid | 1 |
| Madrid Codex II | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6561073 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Madrid Codex Context triple: [Maya script, UNESCOMemoryOfTheWorld, Madrid Codex]
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A.
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.
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B.
Madrid Codices
The Madrid Codices are a set of Leonardo da Vinci’s rediscovered notebooks containing detailed studies of mechanics, geometry, and engineering, offering crucial insight into his scientific and technical genius.
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C.
Codex Chimalpahin
Codex Chimalpahin is a colonial-era Nahuatl manuscript compiled by the historian Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin that records pre-Hispanic and early colonial central Mexican history and annals.
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D.
Codex Vindobonensis Mexicanus I
Codex Vindobonensis Mexicanus I is a pre-Columbian Mixtec pictorial manuscript that records genealogies, rituals, and mytho-historical narratives of Mixtec rulers and deities.
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E.
Pray Codex
The Pray Codex is a late 12th-century Hungarian manuscript notable for containing some of the earliest known continuous texts in the Hungarian language and one of the oldest surviving depictions of the burial of Christ.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Madrid Codex Target entity description: The Madrid Codex is one of the few surviving pre-Columbian Maya books, notable for its hieroglyphic script and detailed ritual, calendrical, and astronomical content.
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A.
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.
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B.
Madrid Codices
The Madrid Codices are a set of Leonardo da Vinci’s rediscovered notebooks containing detailed studies of mechanics, geometry, and engineering, offering crucial insight into his scientific and technical genius.
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C.
Codex Chimalpahin
Codex Chimalpahin is a colonial-era Nahuatl manuscript compiled by the historian Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin that records pre-Hispanic and early colonial central Mexican history and annals.
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D.
Codex Vindobonensis Mexicanus I
Codex Vindobonensis Mexicanus I is a pre-Columbian Mixtec pictorial manuscript that records genealogies, rituals, and mytho-historical narratives of Mixtec rulers and deities.
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E.
Pray Codex
The Pray Codex is a late 12th-century Hungarian manuscript notable for containing some of the earliest known continuous texts in the Hungarian language and one of the oldest surviving depictions of the burial of Christ.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maya codex
ⓘ
archaeological artifact ⓘ pre-Columbian manuscript ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Codex Tro-Cortesianus
ⓘ
Códice de Madrid ⓘ
linked to:
Madrid Codex
|
| associatedWithCalendar |
260-day Tzolkʼin calendar
ⓘ
365-day Haabʼ calendar ⓘ |
| cityOfCurrentLocation | Madrid ⓘ |
| collection |
Museo de América, Madrid
ⓘ
linked to:
Museo de América
|
| colorPalette |
black pigment
ⓘ
blue pigment ⓘ brown pigment ⓘ red pigment ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | fragile ⓘ |
| contains |
New Year ceremonies
ⓘ
agricultural rituals ⓘ almanacs ⓘ astronomical information ⓘ calendrical tables ⓘ deity representations ⓘ divinatory content ⓘ ritual texts ⓘ zodiac-like animal series ⓘ |
| countryOfCurrentLocation | Spain ⓘ |
| culture | Maya civilization ⓘ |
| estimatedDate | circa 12th–15th century CE ⓘ |
| features |
day-sign sequences
ⓘ
hieroglyphic captions ⓘ month-name notations ⓘ polychrome illustrations ⓘ |
| language | Classical Maya language ⓘ |
| material |
bark paper
ⓘ
stucco-coated amate paper ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
city of Madrid
ⓘ
linked to:
Madrid
|
| numberOfFolds | approximately 56 ⓘ |
| numberOfPages | approximately 112 sides ⓘ |
| numberOfSurvivingMayaCodices | four ⓘ |
| period |
Postclassic period
ⓘ
linked to:
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica
|
| probableRegionOfOrigin |
Yucatán Peninsula
ⓘ
eastern Maya lowlands ⓘ |
| scholarlyField |
Maya epigraphy
ⓘ
Mesoamerican studies ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| subjectFocus |
agriculture
ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ divination ⓘ rain and weather ⓘ ritual practice ⓘ |
| survivingMayaCodexAlongWith |
Dresden Codex
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Grolier Codex ⓘ Paris Codex ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Madrid Codex Description of subject: The Madrid Codex is one of the few surviving pre-Columbian Maya books, notable for its hieroglyphic script and detailed ritual, calendrical, and astronomical content.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Madrid Codex
linked to: Madrid Codex
subject linked to:
Grolier Codex (Maya Codex of Mexico)
linked to: Madrid Codex