Codices

(noun)

Phonetic pictures painted on deerskin and folded into books, which recorded Mixtec history and genealogy.

Related Terms

  • diasporic
  • Tututepec
  • Mixtec

Examples of Codices in the following topics:

  • The Mixtec

    • The Mixtec are well known in the anthropological world for their codices, or phonetic pictures, in which they wrote their history and genealogies in deerskin in the "fold-book" form.
    • The best-known story of the Mixtec codices is that of Lord Eight Deer, named after the day on which he was born, whose personal name was Jaguar Claw, and whose epic history is related in several codices.
    • Codices can be read from right to left and often measure many feet long.
    • The preservation of these extremely rare Codices paints a distinct picture of Mesoamerica right before the arrival of Spanish forces.
  • The Justinian Code

    • There existed three codices of imperial laws and other individual laws, many of which conflicted or were out of date.
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  • Algebra
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  • Management
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  • Microbiology
  • Physics
  • Physiology
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Statistics
  • U.S. History
  • World History
  • Writing

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