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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florentine_Codex
The #FlorentineCodex, a 16th-century ethnographic research study in #Mesoamerica by the #Spanish #Franciscan friar #BernardinodeSahagún. The work of 2,400 pages organized into twelve books; 2,000+ illustrations by #native #artists provide vivid images. It documents the #culture, #religious #cosmology & #ritual practices, #society, economics & #naturalhistory of the #Aztec people. Described as "one of the most remarkable accounts of a #nonWestern #culture ever composed."