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earliest version of his work, the Codex Matritense, consists
of short entries, accompanied by drawings, that act as something of
an analytic dictionary of terms in the Nahuatl language" (Sister).
When he compiled all of his information together, he decided to
design the information like the contemporary encyclopedia. Fray Bernardino de Sahagun
compiled the Codex into 12 different volumes. Each volume had
a title based on the subject matter. Various parts of the Codex
Florentine still gave the look of dictionary admissions and
others had a sturdy narrative logic (Sister). Most of the
information in the
Codex consists of the
explanation of Aztec society, Aztec life in the concept of home life
(i.e. birth, marriage, death, and the life of a woman). A
huge benefit to the Florentine Codex is the fact that
it conserved the Nahuatl language. |
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