The Codex Colombino is a part of a Mixtec codex held in the collection of the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City

Mexico City

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. It is the only Mesoamerican codex that remains in Mexican

Mexico

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 territory. It deals with the genealogy, marriages and bellicose conquests of the Mixtec lord Eight Deer Jaguar Claw

Eight Deer Jaguar Claw

Eight Deer Jaguar Claw was a powerful Mixtec ruler in 11th century Oaxaca referred to in the 15th century deerskin manuscript Codex Zouche-Nuttall, and other Mixtec manuscripts. His surname is alternatively translated Tiger-Claw and Ocelot-Claw. John Pohl has dated his life as having lasted from...

 (fl.

Floruit

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 11 century AD).

The other half of the Colombino Codex is known as "Becker I", and was purchased by Phillip Becker, a German collector, from the Aja-Villagómez family in Acatlán de Osorio

Acatlán de Osorio

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, Puebla

Puebla

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. It is currently in Vienna

Vienna

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. For that reason, the entire codex often goes by the name Codex Colombino-Becker.

External links

• http://www.tula.gob.mx/CONGRESO/CdiceColombino.html (image)