Codex Colombino
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Codex Colombino is a pre-Hispanic Mixtec (Ñuu Savi) pictographic manuscript that records the genealogy, rituals, and military exploits of regional rulers, particularly Lord Eight Deer Jaguar Claw.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Codex Colombino canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7106913 — 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: Codex Colombino Context triple: [Ñuu Savi civilization, notableCodex, Codex Colombino]
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A.
Codex Borbonicus
Codex Borbonicus is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican pictorial manuscript, likely created by Aztec priests, that records ritual calendars, ceremonies, and cosmological beliefs.
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B.
Codex Borgia
Codex Borgia is a richly illustrated pre-Columbian Mesoamerican ritual and divinatory manuscript, renowned as one of the most important surviving examples of Indigenous pictorial books from central Mexico.
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C.
Codex Ramírez
Codex Ramírez is a 16th-century colonial-era manuscript that provides a Spanish-language account of Aztec history, mythology, and religious traditions.
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D.
Codex Boturini
Codex Boturini is a pre-Hispanic Aztec pictorial manuscript that chronicles the Mexica migration and the legendary origins of Tenochtitlan.
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E.
Codex Telleriano-Remensis
The Codex Telleriano-Remensis is a 16th-century Mesoamerican manuscript that combines Aztec pictographic records with Spanish annotations, providing a key source on pre-Hispanic history, ritual, and calendrical systems.
- 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: Codex Colombino Target entity description: Codex Colombino is a pre-Hispanic Mixtec (Ñuu Savi) pictographic manuscript that records the genealogy, rituals, and military exploits of regional rulers, particularly Lord Eight Deer Jaguar Claw.
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A.
Codex Borbonicus
Codex Borbonicus is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican pictorial manuscript, likely created by Aztec priests, that records ritual calendars, ceremonies, and cosmological beliefs.
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B.
Codex Borgia
Codex Borgia is a richly illustrated pre-Columbian Mesoamerican ritual and divinatory manuscript, renowned as one of the most important surviving examples of Indigenous pictorial books from central Mexico.
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C.
Codex Ramírez
Codex Ramírez is a 16th-century colonial-era manuscript that provides a Spanish-language account of Aztec history, mythology, and religious traditions.
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D.
Codex Boturini
Codex Boturini is a pre-Hispanic Aztec pictorial manuscript that chronicles the Mexica migration and the legendary origins of Tenochtitlan.
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E.
Codex Telleriano-Remensis
The Codex Telleriano-Remensis is a 16th-century Mesoamerican manuscript that combines Aztec pictographic records with Spanish annotations, providing a key source on pre-Hispanic history, ritual, and calendrical systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican codex
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Mixtec codex ⓘ |
| artStyle | Mixtec pictorial style ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Codex Becker I ⓘ |
| chronology | pre-conquest period ⓘ |
| contains |
battle scenes
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date glyphs ⓘ marriage alliance scenes ⓘ personal name glyphs ⓘ place glyphs ⓘ ritual scenes ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| culture |
Mixtec
ⓘ
Ñuu Savi ⓘ |
| depicts |
Lord Eight Deer Jaguar Claw’s rise to power
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religious ceremonies ⓘ tribute and gift exchanges ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
conquests and alliances
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dynastic succession ⓘ political history of Mixtec rulers ⓘ |
| function |
dynastic legitimation
ⓘ
historical record ⓘ ritual guide ⓘ |
| genre |
genealogical record
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historical narrative ⓘ ritual manuscript ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | pre-Columbian cultural heritage of Mexico ⓘ |
| languageOfCulture | Mixtec language ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Lord Eight Deer Jaguar Claw ⓘ |
| material | deerskin ⓘ |
| records |
genealogy of regional rulers
ⓘ
military exploits ⓘ rituals ⓘ |
| region | Mixteca Alta ⓘ |
| relatedTo | other Mixtec screenfold codices ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Mixtec religion ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | boustrophedon-like reading order ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Mesoamerican ethnohistorical studies
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Mixtec historiography research ⓘ iconographic analysis ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Late Postclassic Mesoamerica ⓘ |
| usesCalendarSystem |
260-day ritual calendar
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365-day solar calendar ⓘ |
| writingSystem | pictographic writing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Codex Colombino Description of subject: Codex Colombino is a pre-Hispanic Mixtec (Ñuu Savi) pictographic manuscript that records the genealogy, rituals, and military exploits of regional rulers, particularly Lord Eight Deer Jaguar Claw.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.