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Mixteca-Puebla style is a term that describes a representational art style common throughout central and southern Mexico around 1300 AD. Also known as International or Codex style after the painted manuscripts known as codices, common iconography representing gods, lords, calendar dates and place names are found on polychrome ceramics and in other mediums such as sculptures and architectural elements.

Codices

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Mixteca-Puebla codices are split into two groups based on their differences in content, style and the rituals depicted: the Borgia Group and the Mixtec Group. The codices of the Borgia group are mainly concerned with the pantheon of Nahua gods, rituals and divinatory calendars while the Mixtec Group focuses on the history and genealogy of Mixtec lords. [1]

The Borgia Group

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Xiuhtechtli in the Codex Fejérváry-Mayer

The Borgia Group is named for the most famous codex in the group, once owned by the famous Borgia family. Archaeological and iconographic evidence shows that the Borgia codices were created by the peoples of the Tolteca-Chichimeca, mostly Eastern Nahua peoples who lived in the geographical region now comprising the Mexican states of Puebla and Tlaxcala. [1]

The Borgia Group codices:

The Mixtec Group

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The Mixtec Group includes eight known manuscripts, each depicting different aspects of related history, genealogy and ritual of the post classic Mixtec kingdoms as they rose to power from 950-1521 AD. [1]


The Mixtec Group codices:

*Codices Colombino and Becker I are the first and second parts of the same manuscript [1]

Polychrome ceramics

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See also:

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Noguez, X; Lejarazu, M H; Paxton, M; Vela, E (agosto de 2009). "Códices prehispánicos y coloniales tempranos". Arqueología Mexicana (in Spanish) (Edición especial,#31 ed.). México D.F.: Editorial Raíces, S.A. de C.V.: 24–44, 68–93. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)


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