• Tecamachalco legal documents, [1557-1594].

Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Date:
  • [1557-1594].
Subject:
  • Land tenure—Registration and transfer—Mexico
  • Nahuas—Mexico—Mexico City—History
  • Nahuatl language—Texts
  • Tecamachalco (Puebla, Mexico)—History—16th century—Sources
  • Mexico—History—Spanish colony, 1540-1810—Sources
  • Indigenous Studies
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Call number:
  • C0744.02 (Garrett Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 15)
Extent:
  • 1 v. (10 leaves) : paper ; 31 x 22 cm.
Spatial:
  • Mexico
Relation:
  • Robert Garrett Collection, ca. 1340 B.C.-1900s
Text language:
  • Texts in Nahuatl and Spanish.
Binding note:
  • Unbound sheets in slipcase.
Source acquisition:
  • Gift Robert Garrett, 1949.
Created:
  • 1557-01-01T00:00:00Z/1594-12-31T23:59:59Z
Abstract:
  • Consists of legal documents in Nahuatl and Spanish concerning lands and rents. Leaves 1-4 in Nahuatl. Leaves 5-9 contain Spanish translation of the Nahuatl. On fol. 9v there is a difficult date: 1594? and the signature of Don Luis de Velasco identified in the text as Caballero de la Orden de Santiago. Depending on the date this may be the first or second Viceroy of that name. Folio 1 is a land document in Nahuatl and Spanish. the text begins, "Muy Magos. Señores. Franco Garcia de Morales nican nichan china ynipan Xmaltepetin Amispanticinco..." Francisco Garcia de Morales is identified in the text as "Español". The words "tlalli" and "cavallerias" (lands in Nahuatl; Spanish for a unit of land measure, respectively) so that the document concerns lands. The Nahuatl text is continued on the verso and mentions "Diego Ramirez, excribano de la audiencia" and his signature appears together with 10 others.
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/dcrf55zk74d
Location:
  • Special Collections C0744.02 (Garrett Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 15)
Exhibit Tags:
Genre:
  • Manuscripts, Nahuatl Mexico 16th century.
  • Manuscripts, Spanish Mexico 16th century.
  • Legal documents Mexico Mexico City 16th century.
  • Paper.
  • Unbound sheets
  • manuscripts (documents)