Mappe de Tepechpan
Subtitle: histoire synchronique et seigneuriale de Tepechpan et de Mexico
Publisher: Lith. de J. Desportes
Published: 1849
Place of publication: Paris
Language: nah; fre
Subjects: History; Mexican Manuscripts; Facsimiles; Aztecs; Chronology; First contact with Europeans
Other titles: Mapa de Tepechpan
Work titles: Tira de Tepechpan
Notes: Published by Aubin to accompany his Mémoire sur la peinture didactique et l'écriture figurative des anciens Mexicains (Paris, 1849).

In portfolio (51 cm.).

Screenfold chronicle originally in 23 leaves covering the years 1298-1596; the extant portion spans the years 1300-1590. The document depicts the settlement at Chapultepec, the founding of Tepechpan, and continues with the dynasties of Tepechpan and Tenochtitlan. The colonial section is devoted to the occurrence of plagues, the dates of viceroys, and other events. The drawings appear above and below a line of native-year glyphs that divides the tira into two horizontal sections. Cf. Handbook of Middle American Indians, v. 14, p. 205-206.