The Borgia Group is the designation given by scholars to a number of mostly pre-Columbian documents from central Mexico, first identified by Eduard Seler. The pre-Columbian era incorporates all period subdivisions in the history and prehistory of the Americas before the appearance of significant European influences The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Eduard Georg Seler ( December 5, 1849 &ndash November 23, 1922) was a prominent Anthropologist, Ethnohistorian, Linguist They are distinguished by their religious content, while the pre-Columbian codices of the Mixtec group are principally historical. A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos Mixtec writing originated as a Logographic writing system during the Post-Classic period in Mesoamerican history History is the study of the past particularly the written record Those who study history as a Profession are called Historians Etymology The place of origin and creators of the codices has been a matter of debate.
The main members of the Borgia Group are:
- The Codex Borgia, after which the group is named. The Codex Borgia (or Codex Yoalli Ehecatl) is a Mesoamerican ritual and divinatory Manuscript. The codex is itself named after Cardinal Stefano Borgia, who owned it before it was acquired by the Vatican Library. Stefano Borgia (born Velletri, 3 December, 1731; died Lyons, 1804 was an Italian Cardinal, theologian antiquarian and historian The Vatican Library ( Latin: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana) is the Library of the Holy See, currently located in Vatican City.
- The Codex Cospi. The Codex Cospi (or Codex Bologna) is a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican pictorial manuscript, included in the Borgia Group.
- The Codex Fejérváry-Mayer. The Codex Fejérváry-Mayer is an Aztec Codex of central Mexico
- The Codex Laud. The Codex Laud (or Laudianus; catalogued as MS Laud Misc 678, Bodleian Library in Oxford is an important sixteenth century manuscript associated to
- The Codex Vaticanus B.
Also sometimes included are:
- The Aubin Manuscript No. 20, or Fonds mexicain 20.
- The Codex Porfirio Díaz. The Codex Porfirio Díaz or Códice de Tututepetongo is a colonial Mesoamerican pictorial manuscript, consisting of a 10-page Vellum
External links
- GBonline | Borgia Group of Codices
- John Pohl's Mesoamerica — Borgia Group Codices
- Realms of the Sacred in Daily Life: Early Written Records of Mesoamerica — Borgia Group
- proper sequence of sections of codices in the Borgia group
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