History of Tlaxcala

Facsimile (c. 1890) of Lienzo de Tlaxcala. Hernán Cortés and La Malinche meet Moctezuma II in Tenochtitlan, November 8, 1519.
Language	Spanish
Genre	Codex

History of Tlaxcala (Spanish: Historia de Tlaxcala) is an alphabetic text in Spanish with illustrations written by and under the supervision of Diego Muñoz Camargo in the years leading up to 1585.^[1][2]

Muñoz Camargo's work is divided into three sections:^[1]

• "Relaciones Geográficas" or "Descripción de la ciudad y provincia de Tlaxcala", a Spanish text written by Camargo between 1581 and 1584 in response to Philip II of Spain's Relaciones Geográfica questionnaire.
• The "Tlaxcala Calendar", a largely pictorial section, with both Spanish and Nahuatl captions.
• The "Tlaxcala Codex" a largely pictorial section, with both Spanish and Nahuatl captions.

Another key source for Tlaxcalan history is the

on the eighteenth-century lienzo is held by the municipal government of Tlaxcala.

See also

• Aztec codices
• Lienzo de Quauhquechollan

References

1. ^ ^{a b} MacLean, Robert (January 2003). "Historia de Tlaxcala". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
2. ISSN 0018-246X
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3. ^ ref>Gobierno de México: El Lienzo de Tlaxcala; los tlaxcaltecas y su labor en la conquista

Further reading

• Gibson, Charles. Tlaxcala in the Sixteenth Century. New Haven: Yale University Press 1952.
• ISBN 9780826334053
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• Sánchez Mastranzo, N. A. (2004). El lienzo de Tlaxcala. Celebrating the fourth world: A symposium for Gordon Brotherston. University of Essex.

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