Bernardino de Sahagún's "General History of the Things of New Spain" (1545–1590) — the twelve-book Nahuatl-Spanish ethnographic encyclopedia. Sacred selections: the gods, the calendar of feasts, the ritual orations, and the hymns.
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Tradition
Nahuatl with parallel Spanish, compiled by Sahagún and his Nahua collaborators at the Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco. The single richest source on pre-Columbian Aztec religion in existence.
Translation
Bernardino de Sahagún, *Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain*, Book I: *The Gods*, transcribed and translated by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble (Santa Fe and Salt Lake City: School of American Research and University of Utah Press, 1950–82). Mirrored in the Getty Digital Florentine Codex (2023). Substantial selection; see source edition for complete text.
License
Used under fair-use principles for non-commercial educational and religious commentary. Copyright remains with the University of Utah Press, the School of American Research, and the estates of Anderson and Dibble.