Editing Codex Mendoza (section)

== Content ==
[[File:Codex Mendoza Page 1 Annotations.png|thumb|[http://www.fordham.edu/vistas Iconography descriptions] of [https://www.gob.mx/cultura/articulos/codice-mendoza-la-cronica-mas-completa-de-mexico-tenochtitlan?idiom=es#:~:text=La%20primera%20secci%C3%B3n%20inicia%20con,sentado%20sobre%20un%20petate%20mientras Codex Mendoza] expanding on the foundation of Tenochtitlan as a civilization of power and authority.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Carrasco |first=David |date=1981 |title=City as Symbol in Aztec Thought: The Clues from the Codex Mendoza |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1062365 |journal=History of Religions |volume=20 |issue=3 |pages=199–223 |doi=10.1086/462868 |jstor=1062365 |s2cid=161916200 |issn=0018-2710|url-access=subscription }}</ref>]]
Written on European paper, it contains 71 pages, divided into three sections:
*Section I, folios 1r to 17r or 18r, is a history of the Aztec people from 1325 through 1521 — from the founding of [[Tenochtitlan]] through the Spanish conquest. It lists the reign of each ruler and the towns conquered by them. It is uncertain whether folios 17v and 18r belong to Section I or Section II.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Berdan |first1=F. F. |last2=Anawalt |first2=P. R. |title=Codex Mendoza |journal=Scientific American |date=1992 |volume=1 |issue=6 |pages=55–6|doi=10.1038/scientificamerican0692-70 |bibcode=1992SciAm.266f..70A }}</ref>
*Section II, folios 17v or 18v to 54v, provides a list of the towns conquered by the [[Aztec Triple Alliance|Triple Alliance]] and the tributes paid by each. This section is closely related to, and probably copied from, the [[Matrícula de Tributos]], but the Codex Mendoza contains five provinces not included in the Matrícula. This probably represents material now missing from the Matrícula, but present when the Codex Mendoza was copied.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Batalla Rosado |first1=J. J. |title=The scribes who painted the Matrícula de Tributos and the Codex Mendoza |journal=Ancient Mesoamerica |date=Spring 2007 |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages= 31–51 |doi=10.1017/s0956536107000077|s2cid=206292086 }}</ref>
*Section III, folios 56v to 71v, is a pictorial depiction of the daily life of the Aztecs.

Folios 73 to 85 of MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1, as currently foliated, do not form part of the Codex Mendoza. These folios comprise an originally separate manuscript, apparently written in England in the first half of the seventeenth century. This manuscript contains tables of the comparative value of Roman, Greek, English, and French money. The two manuscripts were bound together in England in the early seventeenth century.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Berman |first1=F. F. |last2=Anawalt |first2=P. R. |title=Codex Mendoza |journal=Scientific American |date=1992 |volume=1 |issue=6 |page=23|doi=10.1038/scientificamerican0692-70 |bibcode=1992SciAm.266f..70A }}</ref>

=== Section I ===

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Image:Codex Mendoza folio 2r.jpg|Folio 2 recto<br />Founding of [[Tenochtitlan]]
Image:Codex Mendoza folio 4v.jpg|Folio 4 verso<br />Conquests of [[Chimalpopoca]]
Image:Codex Mendoza folio 5v.jpg|Folio 5 verso<br />Conquests of [[Itzcoatl]]
Image:Codex Mendoza folio 10r.jpg|Folio 10 recto<br />Conquests of [[Axayacatl]]
Image:Codex Mendoza folio 13r.jpg|Folio 13 recto<br />Conquests of [[Ahuitzotl]]
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=== Section II ===

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Image:Codex Mendoza folio 17v.jpg|Folio 17 verso
Image:Codex Mendoza folio 20r.jpg|Folio 20 recto
Image:Codex Mendoza folio 37r.jpg|Folio 37 recto
Image:Codex Mendoza folio 43r.jpg|Folio 43 recto
Image:Codex Mendoza folio 46r.jpg|Folio 46 recto
Image:Codex Mendoza folio 47r.jpg|Folio 47 recto
Image:Codex Mendoza folio 52r.jpg|Folio 52 recto
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=== Section III ===

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File:Codex Mendoza folio 57r.jpg|Folio 57 recto, A birth of a baby 
File:Codex Mendoza folio 58r.jpg|Folio 58 recto
File:Codex Mendoza folio 60r.jpg|Folio 60 recto, Punishments and chores of children, ages 11 to 14
File:Codex Mendoza folio 61r.jpg|Folio 61 recto<br />''(top)'' 15-year-old boys beginning training in the military or the priesthood<br />''(bottom)'' A 15-year-old girl gets married
File:Codex Mendoza folio 62r.jpg|Folio 62 recto, ''(top rest)'' Participation of students and punishments for misbehavior ''(bottom)'' Preparation to warriorhood
File:Codex Mendoza folio 64r.jpg|Folio 64 recto<br />''(top)'' Duties of novice priests<br />''(bottom)'' Ranks awarded to warriors
File:Codex Mendoza folio 65r.png|Folio 65 recto<br />''(top)'' Ranks award to priest-warriors<br />''(bottom)'' Imperial officers
File:Codex Mendoza folio 67r.jpg|Folio 67 recto<br />''(top)'' Warriors scout a town at night in preparation for an attack<br />''(middle)'' Negotiations after surrender.<br />''(bottom)'' High-ranking commanders
File:Codex Mendoza folio 69r.jpg|Folio 69 recto<br />[[Moctezuma II]]'s palace 
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