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Bad omens!
10th Jun 2007
First omen from the Florentine Codex, Book 12
Did the Aztecs really know in advance of their impending doom at the hands of the Spanish? The Florentine Codex has much to say on this, and our Researcher Julia Flood has pinpointed the notorious omens in question and produced this beautiful set of 3 downloadable resource sheets.
Comments (2)
Tecpaocelotl
24th Mar 2014
I’m referring to fourth omen pic.
Mexicolore
You’re quite right, Tecpa! Thanks for pointing out this mistake. The image in Page 3, above (‘fourth omen...’) does indeed come from part 1 of the Codex Duran. It would be a lot of work to re-do the PDF just to correct this, so we’ll probably leave it as it is, though at least our error is pointed out here!
Tecpaocelotl
7th Feb 2013
First time I seen this and I notice something wrong. The shooting star image is from Codex Duran, not Florentine Codex as stated.
Mexicolore
Which image are you referring to? The one at the top of this page is from the Florentine Codex, Book 12.
First omen from the Florentine Codex, Book 12
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