Rare Aztec manuscript returns to Mexico on loan after nearly two centuries in France
Summary
A 16th-century Aztec manuscript called the Codex Azcatitlan is on loan from France to Mexico for display almost 200 years after it was taken to France. Mexico wants France to return the manuscript permanently because it tells the history of the Aztec Empire and is important to Mexican heritage.Key Facts
- The Codex Azcatitlan is an ancient Aztec manuscript that shows the rise and fall of the Aztec Empire using pictures.
- It was created shortly after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in the 16th century.
- The manuscript has been in France for nearly two centuries, held by the National Library of France.
- France loaned the Codex to Mexico to mark 200 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
- Mexico has asked France to permanently return the Codex, along with other colonial-era cultural items held abroad.
- Over 16,200 cultural items have been returned to Mexico from various countries since 2018.
- The Codex Azcatitlan was brought to France by a French researcher and later given to the French National Library in 1898.
- Mexico’s Foreign Minister and Indigenous community members see the manuscript as an important part of Mexico’s history and identity.
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