Home›Sources›Florentine Codex Book 7: The Sun, the Moon and Stars, and the Binding of the Years (Anderson and Dibble Translation)SourcesFlorentine Codex Book 7: The Sun, the Moon and Stars, and the Binding of the Years (Anderson and Dibble Translation)University of Utah Press, 1953Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Florentine Codex Book 7: The Sun, the Moon and Stars, and the Binding of the Years (Anderson and Dibble Translation)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/florentine-codex-book-7-sun-moon-stars-binding-of-years.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Florentine Codex Book 7: The Sun, the Moon and Stars, and the Binding of the Years (Anderson and Dibble Translation). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/florentine-codex-book-7-sun-moon-stars-binding-of-yearsCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-florentine-codex-book-7-the-sun-the-moon, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Florentine Codex Book 7: The Sun, the Moon and Stars, and the Binding of the Years (Anderson and Dibble Translation)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/florentine-codex-book-7-sun-moon-stars-binding-of-years}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThe Florentine Codex is Bernardino de Sahagun's bilingual Nahuatl-Spanish encyclopedia of Aztec life and belief, compiled with Nahua collaborators between the 1540s and 1570s from the testimony of elders who remembered the pre-conquest world firsthand. Book 7 covers the sun, moon, stars and the binding of the years; this entry cites the standard Anderson and Dibble English translation, University of Utah Press, 1953.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (19 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedBernardino de Sahagun, translated by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. DibblePublisherWell-attestedUniversity of Utah PressPublication YearWell-attested1953URLWell-attestedhttps://uofupress.com/books/florentine-codex-book-7/Source TypeWell-attestedPrimary text in translationAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1The standard scholarly English translation of Sahagun's sixteenth century compilation from Nahua informants, the primary ethnohistorical record for Aztec religious practice; tier 1 as the field's standard critical edition of a first hand colonial era source.NotesWell-attestedBook 7 of the twelve book Florentine Codex, covering Aztec astronomy and the binding of the years; the fullest surviving first hand account of the New Fire Ceremony.SourcesFlorentine Codex Book 7: The Sun, the Moon and Stars, and the Binding of the Years (Anderson and Dibble Translation)tier 1Bernardino de Sahagun, translated by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble, University of Utah Press, 1953View the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (19 claims)This source backs 19 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicRituals, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.Articles, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested16ArticlesThe Night the Fires Went OutRitualsThe Aztec New Fire CeremonySourcesFlorentine Codex Book 7: The Sun, the Moon and Stars, and the Binding of the Years (Anderson and Dibble Translation)Holds1RitualsThe Aztec New Fire CeremonyGeneral References2ArticlesThe Night the Fires Went OutRitualsThe Aztec New Fire CeremonyComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year