Pinturas jeroglíficas
Series: Colección Chavero
Publisher: J. E. Barbero
Published: 1901
Place of publication: México
Language: spa
Subjects: Mexican Manuscripts; Facsimiles; Picture-writing
Notes: Prefatory statement signed "Alfredo Chavero".

5 Mexican picture manuscripts owned by Chavero.

Mexican picture manuscripts include: Colección Chavero I. = Mapa de Tlaxcallan (1 sheet) -- Códice jeroglífico, Colección Chavero II. = Códice Ciclográfico (4 sheets) -- Colección Chavero III. = Calendario o Rueda del Año (1 sheet) -- Colección Chavero IV. = Códice de Ixhuatepec. part. (4 sheets, parts 1-4): pt. 1. Glossed drawings, with personal name glyphs, of seven preconquest rulers of Tenochtitlan, and other numerous 14th and 15th century persons; various genealogical relationships of these persons are indicated; near the center is a simple plan of Tenochtitlan showing the four major barrios ; pt. 2. A simple plan of two native houses with the names of two Indians (Andrés and Magdalena Ramírez y Nemac) ; pt. 3. Divided into nine vertical columns in which there are place glyphs, numerical signs, and symbols for the four barrios of Tenochtitlan ; pt. 4. Divided into six vertical columns and 10 horizontal rows. In 50 of the 60 compartments are glossed place glyphs which appear to represent all the place names in Códice de Ixhuatepec other than those listed in the Títulos de Santa Isabel Tola as well as certain additional place names -- Colección Chavero V. = Códice de Ixhuatepec (8 sheets), part., is a pictorial and hieroglyphic listing of 60 place names and persons with accompanying Spanish texts; the 60 place names represent lands awarded by Itzcoatl in 1439 and reflects 16th century and later litigation over their ownership; fifteen of the 16 utilized pages of the manuscript are a page-by-page version of ff. 3r and 4r-10v of Codex Cozcatzin (q.v.), with only minor variations, p. 1 of the manuscript probably corresponds to a lost page of Codex Cozcatzin. Cf. Handbook of Middle American, Indians, v. 14.

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