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Title Codex Zempoala [box 01]

Date 1720

Place Mexico, Mexico--Zempoala, Zempoala (Hidalgo, Mexico)

Language Nahuatl

Subjects Indians of Mexico, Nahuas, Nahuatl language, Real property

Description Box title.
Date from Donald Robertson, in Handbook of Middle American Indians, v. 14, p. 264.
Laid in board covers with bookplates of Brasseur de Bourbourg and Alphonse Pinart on inside front cover.
Accompanied by two boxed sets of photographs, positive and negative, of the Codex.
Study and photoreproduction published as Codex de Zempoala: Techialoyan E 705, manuscrit pictographique de Zempoala, Hidalgo, Mexique / Joaquín Galarza. México : Mission archéologique et ethnologique franc̦aise au Mexique, 1980.
For additional information, consult the Special Collections Info File.

Summary Indian pictorial manuscript with captions in Nahuatl, created during the first half of the 18th century, probably between 1700-1743, documenting land claims in the village of Zempoala. A village land book, compiled by the Nahuas to describe their lands and to guarantee their rights of ownership before Spanish administrators, the Codex records the names, acreage, and boundaries of the districts belonging to the village of Zempoala. It also includes the names and portraits of nobles and functionaries of Zempoala whose families claimed private ownership of lands in the village. Christian settlements, such as Santa Cruz Tecocomulco and San Marcos, are depicted throughout the Codex with drawings of churches, as well as the "tecpan" or city hall; magueys and nopals indicate the principal crops cultivated in the area. Circles represent units of land measurement in "mecatls," and houses indicate the number of tribute-payers in each district.

Extent 16 leaves : amatl paper, col. ill. ; 28 cm

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Call Number Ayer MS 1472

BibID 136547

Size 2729px × 3188px 24.92 MB

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Filename 991365478805867_Ayer_MS_1472_box_01_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11I92J