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Náhuatl codices on land distribution : Mexico : ms, [15--].
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Náhuatl codices on land distribution: Mexico : ms, [15--]
Hubert Howe Bancroft collection

Abstract:

Náhuatl documents, apparently land titles, written in the Spanish alphabet on maguey fibre. Dated in the 16th century, but apparently all forming part of the so-called "Techialoyan group," and classified as forgeries by Donald Robertson in his book on Mexican manuscript painting. Pictorial peculiarities and similarity of writing in the same group were explained by Federico Gómez de Orozco as the result of the scribes' training in Pedro de Gante's Franciscan school of San José de Belén; the documents were accepted by him and other authorities as genuine

Date:

15uu (issued)

Subject:

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Land titles -- Mexico -- Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Nahuatl -- California -- Berkeley
Manuscripts, Spanish -- California -- Berkeley
Titres de propriété -- Mexique -- Ouvrages avant 1800
Manuscrits nahuatl -- Californie -- Berkeley
Land titles
Manuscripts, Nahuatl
Manuscripts, Spanish
Mexico -- History -- Early works to 1800
Mexique -- Histoire -- Ouvrages avant 1800
California -- Berkeley
Mexico

Note:

Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, BANC MSS M-M 468-470.
RESTRICTED ITEMS. Use photocopies or microfilm.
Hammond, G.P.A guide to the manuscript collections of the Bancroft Library, II, p. 147-148
A description of the "Techialoyan group" can be found in: Robertson, D. Mexican manuscript painting, p. 190-195
Further description of the "Techialoyan group" can be found in: Gómez de Orozco, F. Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, IV, no. 16, p. 57-68
Also available on microfilm (BANC MSS M-M 464-475) and photocopy.
Also available on microfilm (BANC MSS M-M 464-475).
Forms part of the Hubert Howe Bancroft collection.
In Náhuatl and Spanish.

Type:

Manuscripts.
Early works.
History.

Physical Description:

print
3 volumes
3 portfolios
partial microfilm reel (36 exposures) : negative (Rich. 403:10) and positive

Language:

nah
Spanish

Origin:

Mexico

Copyright Note:

RESTRICTED ITEMS. Use photocopies or microfilm.

Related Item:

Hammond, G.P.A guide to the manuscript collections of the Bancroft Library, II, p. 147-148
A description of the "Techialoyan group" can be found in: Robertson, D. Mexican manuscript painting, p. 190-195
Further description of the "Techialoyan group" can be found in: Gómez de Orozco, F. Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, IV, no. 16, p. 57-68