Fray Pedro de los Ríos (died 1563–1565
[Quiñones Keber 1995, p.131]) was a
Domician missionary in
New Spain
New Spain, officially the Viceroyalty of New Spain ( es, Virreinato de Nueva España, ), or Kingdom of New Spain, was an integral territorial entity of the Spanish Empire, established by Habsburg Spain during the Spanish colonization of the Am ...
in the mid-16th century. Little is known about him, but he contributed to the creation of the manuscripts now known as the
Codex Telleriano-Remensis and
Codex Vaticanus A, which describe
Aztec culture and
history. The Codex Vaticanus A is also known as the Codex Ríos, after Pedro de los Ríos.
See also
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Codex Ríos
''Codex Ríos'' is an Italian translation and augmentation of a Spanish colonial-era manuscript, Codex Telleriano-Remensis, that is partially attributed to Pedro de los Ríos, a Dominican Order, Dominican Dominican friar, friar working in Oaxaca ...
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Codex Telleriano-Remensis
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References
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16th-century deaths
Roman Catholic missionaries in New Spain
Novohispanic Mesoamericanists
Historians of Mesoamerica
16th-century Mesoamericanists
16th-century Mexican historians
Year of birth unknown
Dominican missionaries
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