Codex Chimalpahin
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Codex Chimalpahin canonical | 2 |
| Chimalpahin Codex | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4917392 — 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 Chimalpahin Context triple: [Tepanec War, documentedIn, Codex Chimalpahin]
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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.
Codex Azcatitlan
Codex Azcatitlan is a 16th-century pictorial Mesoamerican manuscript that chronicles Mexica (Aztec) history from their migration into central Mexico through the early colonial period.
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C.
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.
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D.
Florentine Codex
The Florentine Codex is a 16th-century encyclopedic manuscript compiled by Bernardino de Sahagún that documents Aztec culture, language, religion, and history in both Nahuatl and Spanish.
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E.
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.
- 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 Chimalpahin Target entity description: 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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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.
Codex Azcatitlan
Codex Azcatitlan is a 16th-century pictorial Mesoamerican manuscript that chronicles Mexica (Aztec) history from their migration into central Mexico through the early colonial period.
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C.
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.
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D.
Florentine Codex
The Florentine Codex is a 16th-century encyclopedic manuscript compiled by Bernardino de Sahagún that documents Aztec culture, language, religion, and history in both Nahuatl and Spanish.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican codex
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Nahuatl manuscript ⓘ colonial-era document ⓘ historical manuscript ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Chimalpahin Codex
ⓘ
linked to:
Codex Chimalpahin
Relaciones originales de Chalco Amaquemecan ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Amaquemecan
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Chalco ⓘ Nahua historiography ⓘ |
| author | Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin ⓘ |
| contains |
genealogical information
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historical annals ⓘ local histories of central Mexican altepetl ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
New Spain
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linked to:
Viceroyalty of New Spain
|
| createdInPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Mesoamerican
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Nahua ⓘ |
| documents |
indigenous perspectives on the Spanish conquest
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lineages of local rulers ⓘ political events in central Mexico ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Mesoamerican studies
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colonial Latin American history ⓘ ethnohistory ⓘ |
| genre |
annals
ⓘ
chronicle ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Valley of Mexico ⓘ |
| language |
Nahuatl
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
early colonial central Mexican history
ⓘ
indigenous nobility of central Mexico ⓘ pre-Hispanic central Mexican history ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Central Mexico ⓘ |
| preserves | indigenous historical traditions ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Codex Aubin
ⓘ
Codex Mendoza ⓘ Florentine Codex ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Catholic colonial New Spain ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
early colonial period in New Spain
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pre-Hispanic era ⓘ |
| usedAs |
primary source for Nahua history
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primary source for colonial Mexican ethnohistory ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Codex Chimalpahin Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Codex Chimalpahin