¿Imitación, patrimonio pan-regional o distorsión colonial? Influencia mexica en manuscritos pictográficos del centro de México

Abstract

This paper discusses the available evidence on the Mexica influence in native pictorial manuscripts from colonial Central Mexico, including former imperial provinces and neighboring territories. In order to distinguish possible imperial loans from local or regional conventions, it focuses on specific markers of the Mexica impact: royal attributes. Their acceptance and imitation seems to have been of great importance for different groups of provincial elites. Of special interest is also the predominance of the Mexica influence versus potential Texcocan impact and the applicability of colonial documents in reconstructions of pre-Hispanic phenomena.