La reconstrucción del pasado del Acolhuacan en los inicios del siglo XVII: Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl y su uso del "Códice Xolotl"
Reconstructing the History of Acolhuacan: Don Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl and his Use of Codex Xolotl (17th Century)

Summary/Abstract: Codex Xolotl (c. 1540) and the texts written by historian Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl in the first half of the seventeenth century are two fundamental sources to approach the past of the Basin of Mexico and, more specifically, that of Acolhuacan. Many works have already referred to Alva Ixtlilxochitl’s use of this codex as a source for his work; however, few works have analyzed the possible relation between the additions in the codex and the texts of the historian. From a previous codicological analysis, which has allowed us to select two of the elements added to the original content of the codex, we study the link between these additions and the work of Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl. For this purpose, it has also been important to verify that Alva Ixtlilxochitl presents two different readings of the sections in which there are paintings added to the original content. Once the the link between the scenes and Alva Ixtlilxochitl’s readings of them has been identified, we consider the possible implications hereof.

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