Centuries-old manuscript narrating Aztec history returns on loan to Mexico

By Alberto Fajardo MEXICO CITY, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The Azcatitlan Codex, a rare manuscript that recounts the founding of the ...

Aztec manuscript returns to Mexico after two centuries, on loan

For years, Mexico has demanded the return of a treasured manuscript. Now the Aztec relic is back home from France — but on ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Rare Aztec Codex Detailing the Rise and Fall of Tenochtitlan Returns to Mexico for the First Time in Nearly Two Centuries

The artifact, among the most prized visual accounts of Aztec history, will be on display in Mexico City for three months ...
Rolling Out

5 things to know about the Aztecs

The Aztecs, one of the most intriguing and sophisticated civilizations to have ever existed, left an indelible mark on Mexico’s cultural and historical landscape. Before their dramatic fall to Spanish ...
Hyperallergic

Stunning Codex Documenting Aztec Culture Now Fully Digitized

Disguised Mexica merchants in Tzinacantlan acquiring quetzal feathers in Book 9. (all images courtesy of the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, and by permission of MiBACT) After centuries of ...
France 24

Rare Aztec manuscript returns to Mexico on loan after nearly two centuries in France

A prized 16th-century manuscript chronicling the rise and fall of the Aztec Empire has gone on display in Mexico City, nearly two centuries after it was taken to France, as Mexico continues to ...