Codex Telleriano-Remensis
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Codex Telleriano-Remensis canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6907100 — 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 Telleriano-Remensis Context triple: [Aztec pictographic writing, documentedIn, Codex Telleriano-Remensis]
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A.
Grolier Codex
The Grolier Codex is a pre-Columbian Maya screenfold manuscript, considered one of the oldest surviving books from the Americas and notable for its astronomical and ritual content.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Codex Selden
Codex Selden is a pre-Hispanic Mixtec pictorial manuscript that records genealogies, dynastic histories, and ritual information from the Mixtec civilization of what is now southern Mexico.
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E.
Codex Borbonicus
Codex Borbonicus is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican pictorial manuscript, likely created by Aztec priests, that records ritual calendars, ceremonies, and cosmological beliefs.
- 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 Telleriano-Remensis Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Grolier Codex
The Grolier Codex is a pre-Columbian Maya screenfold manuscript, considered one of the oldest surviving books from the Americas and notable for its astronomical and ritual content.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Codex Selden
Codex Selden is a pre-Hispanic Mixtec pictorial manuscript that records genealogies, dynastic histories, and ritual information from the Mixtec civilization of what is now southern Mexico.
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E.
Codex Borbonicus
Codex Borbonicus is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican pictorial manuscript, likely created by Aztec priests, that records ritual calendars, ceremonies, and cosmological beliefs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
16th-century document
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Aztec codex ⓘ Mesoamerican manuscript ⓘ |
| approximateDate | c. 1550–1560 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Franciscan missionaries in New Spain
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indigenous Nahua scribes and painters (tlacuilos) ⓘ |
| chronologicalCoverage |
early colonial period in New Spain
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pre-Hispanic period ⓘ |
| coloration | polychrome illustrations ⓘ |
| contains |
Aztec pictographic records
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Spanish annotations ⓘ calendrical tables ⓘ divinatory calendar ⓘ early colonial historical information ⓘ genealogical information ⓘ historical annals ⓘ pre-Hispanic historical traditions ⓘ ritual calendar ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| culture |
Aztec
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linked to:
Aztec culture
Nahua ⓘ |
| currentCity | Paris ⓘ |
| currentLocation | Bibliothèque nationale de France ⓘ |
| dateOfCreation | 16th century ⓘ |
| folios | approximately 50 folios (recto and verso) ⓘ |
| genre |
historical annals
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ritual and divinatory manual ⓘ |
| importance |
important witness to early colonial cultural interaction
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key primary source for Aztec history ⓘ major source for understanding Mesoamerican calendars ⓘ |
| language |
Nahuatl (pictorial and glossed content)
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Spanish (annotations) ⓘ |
| material | European paper ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Charles-Maurice Le Tellier
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Telleriano (Tellier) and Remensis (of Reims) ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Central Mexico
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New Spain ⓘ
linked to:
Viceroyalty of New Spain
|
| relatedWork |
Codex Vaticanus A (Codex Vaticanus 3738)
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linked to:
Codex Vaticanus A
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| scriptType | pictographic writing ⓘ |
| shelfmark |
Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS Mexicain 385
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linked to:
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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| subject |
Aztec deities
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linked to:
Aztec mythology
Aztec festivals ⓘ Mesoamerican calendrical systems ⓘ Mesoamerican ritual practices ⓘ dynastic and political events ⓘ pre-Hispanic history ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Mesoamerican pictography with alphabetic glosses ⓘ |
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Subject: Codex Telleriano-Remensis Description of subject: 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.
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