codex

The codex, an early form of the modern book and an alternative to reading on long scrolls, began to appear around the first century.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

One can’t possibly grasp the closeness two people share until they’ve experienced firsthand the joy and indescribable pain that come with the kind of enmeshment written in fate’s codex.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Ancient Aztec communities from the pre-Columbian period of Mesoamerica had a rich mythological codex that was also part of their ritual and sacrificial ceremonies.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 19, 2024

Studs are like codex for the alternative — unmistakable messaging that turns any chill fit into a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2024

By contrast, all but the very longest titles could easily be printed in a single codex.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

The temporary exchange of the two codices was agreed by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and her French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, during a visit by the latter to Mexico last year.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

A symbol of status, carmine red was already employed by the nobility of Mexico’s Indigenous peoples to dye garments, and widely used in the arts, to write codices, decorate ceramics and paint murals.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2023

They also used codices, book-like records drawn on bark paper that combined both images and pictograms.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Starting from this perspective, Dr. Ezcurra and his co-authors present a calendar model that matches the location of the sun on the horizon to festivities cited in Mesoamerican codices.

From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2022

The tlamatini, who “himself was writing and wisdom,” was expected to write and maintain the codices and live in a way that set a moral example.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann