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Written on European paper, it contains 71 pages, divided in three sections:

  • Section I, 16 pages, is a history of the Aztec people from 1325 through 1521 — from the founding of Tenochtitlan through the Spanish conquest. It lists the timespan of each kingdom and the town conquered by the Aztec Triple Alliance .


  • Section II, 39 pages, provides a list of the towns conquered by the Triple Alliance and the tributes paid by each.


  • Section III, 16 pages, is a pictorial depiction of the daily life of the Aztecs.


The codex has been held at the Bodleian Library at Oxford University since 1654.


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