Ixtlilxochitl was born between 1568 and 1580, and died in 1648. The contributors revise and broaden previous understandings of alva ixtlilxochitls racial and cultural identity, including his method of transcribing pictorial texts, his treatment of. Libro nuevo o segunda mano, sinopsis, resumen y opiniones. The contributors revise and broaden previous understandings of alva ixtlilxochitls racial and cultural identity, including his. Edited and annotated by alfredo chavero and published as a 2nd edition of the works of jose fernando ramirez in 1892. His first work was written about 1 600 and the second about 1608. The former was supported by moctezuma ii, emperor of mexico, but the latter, appealing to the patriotic sentiment of his nation, would have persuaded them that his brother was too much in the mexican.
Alva ixtlilxochitls colonial mexican trickster tale. This codex presents the xiuhpohualli the first, or solar, calendar of 365 days, divided into 18 months of 20. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. He was a student at the college of santa cruz in tlateloco mexico. The pdf file you selected should load here if your web browser has a pdf reader plugin installed for example, a recent version of adobe acrobat reader if you would like more information about how to print, save, and work with pdfs, highwire press provides a helpful frequently asked questions about pdfs alternatively, you can download the pdf file directly to your computer, from where it. In 1516 nezahualpilli died, and the succession was contested by two of his sons, cacamatzin and ixtlilxochitl. Ixtlilxochitl can refer to a number of mesoamerican nobles, including. Codex ixtlilxochitl is a ritual calendar that presents all the main ceremonies and holidays that were celebrated at the great teocalli, the terraced pyramid of tenochtitlan forerunner of presentday mexico city during the mexican year.
Ixtlilxochitl ii, placed on the throne of texcoco by hernan cortes in 1520, and a greatgrandson of ixtlilxochitl i. Scholars tend to focus on alva ixtlilxochitls role as a. Owing to his aztec and spanish heritage and franciscan education he was intimately familiar with both old and new world histories, writing in spanish but using aztec sources. He was a descendant of the old texcocan lineage and. The protagonist of the story, however, is not the spanish. The 3rd edition was published in 1965 with a preface by lic. He was also the greatgreatgrandson of cuitlahuac cuitlahuac was the eleventh son of the ruler axayacatl and a younger brother of moctezuma ii, the previous ruler of tenochtitlan. Born between 1568 and 1580, alva cortes ixtlilxochitl was a direct descendant of ixtlilxochitl i and ixtlilxochitl ii, who had been tlatoque rulers of texcoco. Alva ixtlilxochitls native archive and the circulation of knowledge in colonial mexico by amber brian book. Affiliated with a once distinguished tetzcoca nobility in san juan teotihuacan, he gathered together ancient altepetl histories and genealogies and took down oral accounts, corroborating it all, he said, with complementary information. Ixtlilxochitl i, tlatoani ruler of the central mexican citystate of texcoco from 1409 to 1418. Chavero, alfredo, ed publisher mexico, oficina tip.