ʻO kēia kahi hana nui a Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, he pule Franciscan i kākau ʻia ma ka ʻōlelo Nahuatl a me ka Paniolo, me ke kōkua o ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "Informantes de Sahagún" a me kekahi mana Latin.
ʻO kēia hana, e like me ka inoa e hōʻike nei, kahi ʻāpana nui o ka mōʻaukala Mexico ma muli o ka nui o nā hanana a me nā loina e hoʻopaʻa ai, i hoʻopaʻa pololei ʻia, ʻo ia hoʻi, mai nā waha ponoʻī o ka poʻe e hōʻike nei.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻia kēia hana noiʻi hoʻonaninani ma kahi o 1547 ma Tlatelolco, e hoʻomaka ana me ka puke VI (ʻo ia ʻo Rhetoric a me Moral Philosophy) a e hoʻomau paha me XII (ʻo ka Conquest). Hele ʻo Fray Bernardino i Tepeapulco, loaʻa ma laila, ma waena o 1558 a 1560, nā mea o kāna mau hoʻomanaʻo hoʻomanaʻo mua. Eia hou ma Tlatelolco, hoʻoponopono a hoʻonui ʻia kēia mau mea, ma kahi o 1561-1562, a laila, ma laila, i ka 1564-1565, kākau ʻia nā Matritens Codices. Ua neʻe ʻo ia i ka hale konikona o Mekiko, ua hoʻoponopono a hoʻonui ʻo ia i ka ʻōlelo Nahuatl ma waena o 1565 a 1569, a ma 1570 ua hoʻouna ʻo ia i kahi hōʻuluʻulu o kāna hana nui i Sepania (ua nalowale) a iā Roma i kahi compendium pōkole ma o ke kauoha a ka Pope.
I kēia lā hope loa - i ka pau ʻana o ka ʻōlelo Nahuatl o kāna Mōʻaukala Nui (...) i lawe ʻia ai kāna mau puke kākau mai ka mea kākau, e hoʻopuehu nei iā lākou, a ʻaʻole ʻo ia e kiʻi hou iā lākou a hala ʻelima mau makahiki ma hope mai, e hoʻopau ana i kahi huakaʻi Castilian i ka makahiki 1577. Kauoha e palapala maoli a Felipe II i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana ua hoʻouna ʻia nā ʻōlelo āpau a Sahagún i Sepania me ka waiho ʻole ʻana i kahi kope ma aneʻi. Eia nō naʻe, aia kekahi mau kikoʻī a me nā hoʻoili kālā a Sahagún e hoʻolaʻa ai iā ia iho, ma waena o 1583 a me 1585, e hana hou hapa i kāna hana.
Ua hana ʻo Carlos María de Busdamente i ka puke mua i hōʻike ʻia ma Mekiko i ka makahiki 1829 a, ma hope iho, ua nui nā mana, akā ʻo ka mea i hilinaʻi nui ʻia na Father Angel María Garibay K. i hoʻoponopono ʻia i ka makahiki 1956 na Editorial Porrúa, Sepan Cuantos hōʻiliʻili, kahi a ke kumu o ka pilina ʻike ma hope. Hiki i kēlā me kēia puke ke loaʻa aku i nā mokuna he kanakolu a ʻoi.
ʻLelo Hoʻākāka (i ka kākau lima a ka mea kākau)
Puke ʻekahi. I ia mau mea e pili ana i nā akua i hoʻomana ʻia nā kamaʻāina o kēia ʻāina ʻo Sepania Hou ia.
Buke ʻelua. ʻO ka mea e pili ana i ka kalena, nā ʻahaʻaina a me nā hana, nā mōhai a me nā laʻa a kēia mau ʻōiwi o kēia New Spain i hana ai no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i ko lākou mau akua
Puke ʻekolu. Mai kinohi a nā akua.
Buke ʻEhā. Mai ka astrology hoʻokolokolo a i ʻole ke akamai o ke koho ʻana i ka ʻike o kēia mau Mekiko i nā lā laki laki loa a pōmaikaʻi maikaʻi a he aha nā kūlana o ka poʻe i hānau ʻia i nā lā i pili i nā huapalapala a i ʻole nā hōʻailona i kau ʻia ma aneʻi, a me he mea lā he mea pono ʻole ia. ʻaʻole kilokilo.
Buke ʻElima. Ka mea e pili ana i nā hōʻailona a me nā wānana, i lawe ʻia e kēia mau ʻōiwi mai kekahi mau manu, nā holoholona a me nā vermin e koho i nā mea e hiki mai ana.
Buke ʻEono. No ka Rhetoric and Moral Philosophy a me Theology o ka poʻe Mekiko, kahi e loaʻa ai nā mea hoihoi loa, e pili ana i ka nani o kā lākou ʻōlelo a me nā mea lahilahi e pili ana i nā pono maikaʻi.
Buke Ehiku. ʻO ka mea e pili ana i ka Astrology Kūlohelohe, i hōʻea i kēia mau ʻōiwi o Nūu Sepania.
Buke ʻEwalu. ʻO nā mōʻī a me nā Haku, a me ke ʻano o kā lākou koho balota ʻana, a me ke Aupuni o ko lākou Aupuni Mōʻī.
Buke Nono. No nā mea kālepa a me nā luna o ke gula, nā pōhaku makamae a me nā hulu momona.
Kaha ʻumi. No nā hewa a me nā maikaʻi o kēia poʻe India; a o nā lālā o loko a me waho o ke kino holoʻokoʻa; a me nā maʻi kūlike ʻole a me nā lāʻau; a me nā lāhui i hiki mai i kēia honua.
Buke umikumamakahi. ʻO nā waiwai o nā holoholona, nā manu, nā iʻa, nā kumulāʻau, nā mea kanu, nā pua, nā metala a me nā pōhaku, a me nā kala.
ʻUmikūmālua puke. Pili kēlā me ka Conquest o Mekiko. (Buke ʻumikūmālua. Mana o ka ʻōlelo Nahuatl. Ma kahi e ʻōlelo ʻia ai ka hakakā ʻana o ke kaua ma kēia kūlanakauhale ʻo Mekiko.)
