Mixtec Pictorial Codex Tradition (1407)

Name: Mixtec Pictorial Codex Tradition (1407)
Start: 1405
End: 1410

Type Event Region North America Time 1405–1410

In the early 15th century, Mixtec nobles and priests of Oaxaca and neighboring regions continued and developed the pictorial codex tradition painted …

Timeline

1405–1407Mixtec highlands of Oaxaca · Oaxaca StateNoble-sponsored painters produced folding codices in court or temple workshops, drawing figures, place names, and event signs with red, yellow, and green mineral pigments; the craft was transmitted within specific families through master-apprentice systems.
1407–1410Oaxaca–Puebla border · Oaxaca StateStates presented codices during marriage alliances, territorial disputes, and covenant ceremonies to prove historical rights; codices became authoritative memory carriers parallel to oral tradition, influencing Postclassic Oaxacan political legitimacy discourse.

Sources

Mixtec Writing and Mixtec Codices — John M. D. Pohl (2012)
Mixtec https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mixtec