Aztec Codices (q.v. Pohl pp.16-20)
Codex: Aztec pictographic (ìimage-writingî) texts
painted by tlacuilos, painter-scribes
comprised religious, mystical, historical, and instructional texts
evinced a high level of literacy and bureaucratic development
painted on hide or wood covered with stucco (thin plaster)
combined hieroglyphic script with representative images
feature two-dimensional figures floating in undefined space, broad areas of unmodulated color for clothing and architectural detail
intended to evoke the essence of the place/thing/person represented, not to depict them with exactitude