Book I: The Gods
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Book I: The Gods is the first book of the Florentine Codex, detailing the deities, religious beliefs, and ritual practices of the Aztec (Mexica) people.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Book I: The Gods canonical | 2 |
| Book I: The Gods (Florentine Codex) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5363600 — 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: Book I: The Gods Context triple: [Florentine Codex, hasPart, Book I: The Gods]
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A.
Book I
Book I is the first section of Hugo Grotius’s seminal work *De iure belli ac pacis*, in which he lays out the foundational principles of natural law and just war theory.
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B.
Book I
Book I is the opening section of Augustine’s monumental Christian philosophical work *The City of God*, in which he begins responding to pagan criticisms of Christianity after the sack of Rome.
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C.
Book I
Book I is the opening section of Aristotle’s treatise *Rhetoric*, in which he lays out the fundamental principles and purposes of persuasive speech.
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D.
Book I
Book I is the opening section of Aristotle’s biological treatise "Generation of Animals," where he lays out foundational theories on reproduction and the development of living beings.
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E.
Book I
Book I is the opening section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political treatise *The Social Contract*, where he lays the philosophical groundwork for his theory of legitimate political authority and the social pact.
- 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: Book I: The Gods Target entity description: Book I: The Gods is the first book of the Florentine Codex, detailing the deities, religious beliefs, and ritual practices of the Aztec (Mexica) people.
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A.
Book I
Book I is the opening section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political treatise *The Social Contract*, where he lays the philosophical groundwork for his theory of legitimate political authority and the social pact.
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B.
Book I
Book I is the first section of Hugo Grotius’s seminal work *De iure belli ac pacis*, in which he lays out the foundational principles of natural law and just war theory.
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C.
Book I
Book I is the opening section of John Gower’s Middle English poem *Vox Clamantis*, which introduces the work’s moral and political reflections on 14th-century English society.
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D.
Book I
Book I is the opening section of Augustine’s monumental Christian philosophical work *The City of God*, in which he begins responding to pagan criticisms of Christianity after the sack of Rome.
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E.
Book I
Book I is the opening section of Aristotle’s biological treatise "Generation of Animals," where he lays out foundational theories on reproduction and the development of living beings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican ethnographic text
ⓘ
book ⓘ |
| aim |
aid Christian evangelization
ⓘ
document indigenous religious practices ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
New Spain
ⓘ
linked to:
Viceroyalty of New Spain
|
| associatedWork | General History of the Things of New Spain ⓘ |
| compiledBy | Franciscan missionaries ⓘ |
| compiledUnderDirectionOf | Bernardino de Sahagún ⓘ |
| contains |
accounts of religious festivals
ⓘ
descriptions of divine attributes ⓘ descriptions of ritual offerings ⓘ information on temple worship ⓘ lists of Aztec gods ⓘ |
| cultureDescribed |
Aztec
ⓘ
linked to:
Aztec culture
Mexica ⓘ |
| describes |
Aztec cosmology
ⓘ
Aztec religion ⓘ
linked to:
Aztec mythology
Aztec ritual practices ⓘ Mexica deities ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupDescribed | Nahua ⓘ |
| focusesOn | gods of the Mexica people ⓘ |
| genre |
ethnography
ⓘ
religious anthropology ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Bernardino de Sahagún ⓘ |
| hasIllustrations | yes ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | primary source on pre-Hispanic Aztec religion ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
Christian missionaries
ⓘ
Spanish colonial authorities ⓘ |
| keyDeityDiscussed |
Huitzilopochtli
ⓘ
Quetzalcoatl ⓘ Tezcatlipoca ⓘ Tlaloc ⓘ Tonantzin ⓘ Xipe Totec ⓘ |
| language |
Classical Nahuatl
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| originalManuscriptLocation | Florence ⓘ |
| originalManuscriptRepository | Laurentian Library ⓘ |
| partOf | Florentine Codex ⓘ |
| regionDescribed | Central Mexico ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Book II: The Ceremonies
ⓘ
Book III: The Origin of the Gods ⓘ |
| religiousSystemDescribed | polytheism ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| subject |
Mesoamerican religion
ⓘ
indigenous beliefs in New Spain ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
Postclassic Mesoamerica
ⓘ
linked to:
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica
|
| usesSource | testimony of Nahua informants ⓘ |
| writtenIn | 16th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Book I: The Gods Description of subject: Book I: The Gods is the first book of the Florentine Codex, detailing the deities, religious beliefs, and ritual practices of the Aztec (Mexica) people.
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linked to: Book I: The Gods