BookPatolli
Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain, Book 8
Bernardino de Sahagún, compiled 1545–1590 (trans. Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble, School of American Research, 1950–1982)
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The paramount colonial ethnohistorical source on Aztec culture. Book 8 contains Sahagún's detailed description of Patolli, including the invocation of Macuilxochitl, the wagering customs, and the violence that attended high-stakes play.
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The Academy · May 27, 2026
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