Codex Cempoallan
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- Created Date
- 1720?
- Description
Indian pictorial manuscript with captions in Nahuatl, created during the first half of the 18th century, probably between 1700-1743, documenting land claims in the village of Zempoala. A village land book, compiled by the Nahuas to describe their lands and to guarantee their rights of ownership before Spanish administrators, the Codex records the names, acreage, and boundaries of the districts belonging to the village of Zempoala. It also include...
- Contributing Institution
- Newberry Library
- Subjects
- Landowners
Land tenure
Property
Armed Forces--Colonial forces
World politics
Boundaries
Human settlements
Pioneers
Whites
Christianity
Religion
Crops
Agriculture
Payment
Money
Language and languages
Culture
Aztec - Location
- Mexico--La Paz (Baja California Sur)
Mexico--Tecocomulco Lake
Mexico--San Marcos Tlacoyalco
Mexico--Zempoala (Hidalgo)
Mexico - Type
- image
- Format
- Manuscripts (Documents)Art (Fine art)
- Language
- Nahuatl
- Rights
- The Newberry makes its collections available for any lawful purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without licensing or permission fees to the library, subject to the following terms and conditions: https://www.newberry.org/rights-and-reproductions
- Chicago citation style
- Codex Cempoallan. 1720?. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/56483. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1720?) Codex Cempoallan. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/56483
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/56483>.