Item Summary

A tracing (or copy) of a 16th-century Mixtec Indian lienzo from San Esteban Atlatlauhca, Oaxaca. Around the border are Mixtec place glyphs that presumably represent the boundaries of the jurisdiction of the town. Calendrical dates on the left, at the top, and near the center refer to mythological or historical events. The tracing is drawn in ink. The only color that appears is blue which appears in four places to color the heiroglyphic sign for water (at the center of the top and bottom rows and twice along the left edge).

Descriptive Information

Title
Lienzo Córdova-Castellanos : manuscript, [between 1900 and 1912].
Call Number
North 9, C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 262)
Identifier
https://library.princeton.edu/mssimages/garrett-gates%20mesoamerican/garrettgatesmeso262.jpg
Language
Mayan languages
Date Created
[between 1900 and 1912].
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 item; 1200 x 1360 mm.
Provenance
The tracing was probably made for Dr. Nicolás León at an unknown date; it was purchased by William Gates from Paul Wilkinson in 1912; sold to Robert Garrett (purchased from William Gates in 1930); deposited by Garrett at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton in 1942; removed from the Institute in 1949, at Garrett's request, and donated to the Princeton University Library.
Source Acquisition
Gift; Robert Garrett; 1949.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright

Discovery Information

Subject
Picture-writing—Mexico
Zapotec Indians—Texts
Yucatán Peninsula—Antiquities
Indigenous Studies

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Mesoamerican Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/02672c0d-7840-422e-9b18-a64e5c5da0b3/manifest