Codex Sierra
Collection
Identifier: AC 521-p
Scope and Content
Folder contains a copy of the Codex Sierra (64 pages plus front and back cover): Nicolas Leon, ed. Códice Sierra. Fragmento de una nomina de gastos del pueblo de Santa Catarina Texupan .... 1550 a 1564. Mexico City: Museo Nacional de Mexico, and Poulat Litografía, 1906. Front cover states "Julia Bourgeois Mexico 1912." Digital images of the codex can be viewed at Sierra Codex.
Dates
- 1550-1564
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of print materials allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Historical Information
The Codex Sierra was painted in the mid-16th century, in Santa Catarina Texupa in the Mixteca Baja region in Oaxaca. The codex is a ledger, listing important town expenditures during the years 1550-1564. Each page of the manuscript is marked with the corresponding year, and the expenditures (in pesos) are shown as hieroglyphs at the left. The descriptions of each item in European script are a mix of Spanish and Nahuatl, the language of the Aztec Empire.
The original manuscript is housed at the Biblioteca José María Lafragua, at the Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico.
The original manuscript is housed at the Biblioteca José María Lafragua, at the Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico.
Extent
1 Folder
Language of Materials
Undetermined
- Title
- Guide to the Codex Sierra, 1550-1564
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- tj
- Date
- © 2011
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library Repository
Contact:
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
New Mexico History Museum
113 Lincoln Ave
Sante Fe NM 87501 USA
(505) 476-5090
historylibrary@state.nm.us
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
New Mexico History Museum
113 Lincoln Ave
Sante Fe NM 87501 USA
(505) 476-5090
historylibrary@state.nm.us