1. The Codex Mendoza Jason Suárez - History Department El Camino College El Camino College Department of History Jason R. Suárez jsuarez@elcamino.edu A Celebration of Chicano Culture April 23, 2015

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3. The Codex Mendoza was compiled for Charles V (r. 1516-1556) to aid the Spanish monarch in learning more about the Mexica and their Empire. It was named after Antonio de Mendoza, the first Spanish Viceroy of New Spain (1535- 1550). It is believed by many specialists that it was the master painter Francisco Gualpuyogualcal who produced this work. It first fell into French hands and eventually made its way to the Bodleian Library in Oxford, England El Camino College The Codex Mendoza - History

4. The Codex Mendoza is painted on European paper with 71 folios bound at the spine in book style. It combines pictorial representations with Náhuatl and Spanish commentary. It is divided into three sections. The first section covers the pre-Conquest history of the Mexica. The second section documents the tributes extracted by the Mexica from subjugated altepetls The third section records an ethnographic account of the Mexica. El Camino College The Codex Mendoza - Composition

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