Florentine Codex

Sahagún, Fray Bernardino de. Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España. Edited by Francisco del Paso y Troncoso. 4 vols. Madrid: Fototipia de Hauser y Menet, 1905. [My translation]

This version of the Códice Florentine is based on the version of the codex held in Florence as well as on the summary of the original codex, Primeros memorials, held in the Bibliioteca de Palacio, Madrid. The four volumes reveal the friar's attempt to understand native culture, plants, medicine, and language by encouraging older men to draw in the traditional style of the Mexicas. There are many images which accompany the text. The images of Malinche portray her with her hair tied up on her head unlike her images in El Lienzo de Tlaxcala.

Included in this website are excerpts from

Book 12, Chapter 1

Book 12, Chapter 2

Book 12, Chapter 3

Book 12, Chapter 5

Book 12, Chapter 7

Book 12, Chapter 8

Book 12, Chapter 9

Book 12, Chapter 11

Book 12, Chapter 13

Book 12, Chapter 16

Book 12, Chapter 17

Book 12, Chapter 18

Book 12, Chapter 19

Book 12, Chapter 20

Book 12, Chapter 23

Book 12, Chapter 24

Book 12, Chapter 29

Book 12, Chapter 31

Book 12, Chapter 35

Book 12, Chapter 38

Book 12, Chapter 39

Book 12, Chapter 40