[1] It depicts royal ceremonies involving Spanish monarchs Charles V and his son and successor Philip II.
There are depictions of Charles V and Philip II, as well as the indigenous rulers of Tlatelolco and Tenochtitlan, (former altepetl that became sectors of the Spanish capital of Mexico City), who along with all officials took the oath of allegiance.
The codex refers to the indigenous participation in the Mixtón War ca.
[2] Its depictions of Nahua dances and nearly full-body feather costumes make it particularly important for understanding indigenous cultural continuities in the early colonial period.
The manuscript is held in the National Library of the Mexican Museum of Anthropology and History in Mexico City.