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MEXICAN PICTURE WRITINGS FRAGMENT XIII 



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a veynte y niieve de maj^o de mill y quinieiito y sesenta y nueve afios 



tg mechior de contreras y galp q. firmo per el otrgante 



ante mi 



s melchior de p. de palen 



contreras 



(" I, Diego, brother of the bailiff of this village Mizquiyauallan, 

 acknowledge that I have received from Mr Manuel de Olvera, mag- 

 istrate of this said village, 101^ pesos for the women who made tor- 

 tillas at his house, and (that) he has paid me for all the other 

 (women) who have performed services up to the present date. Done 



on May 29, 15G9. Witness, Melchior de Contreras y Galp — — 



in evidence of which I sign for him who executes this document. 



" Melchior de Contreras. 



" Before me, P. de Palen, .") 



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Pro. 47. OfBcial fi,i;n:it\irps. 



It is therefore clear that this fragment XITI was likewise an 

 account, one indeed of services rendered by women, who Avere ordered 

 to bake tortillas and to do other work. The account comes from the 

 same village of Mizquiyauallan, to which the account on fragment VII 

 (plate XII ) of our collection belongs, and the reverse contains the 

 receipt for w^ages paid for these services. The days which were cut 

 out of the right side of the sheet seem to represent a deduction, a 

 reduction of the account or a correction to which the person present- 

 ing it was obliged to submit. This document is two years older than 

 that on fragment VII (plate xii). 



As for the persons concerned, the receiver of the money is the 

 brother of the major-domo of Mizquiyauallan, and is mentioned here, 

 as is common among Indians, liiereh' by his Christian name, Diego. 

 The major-domo's name is not given, but it is probable that he is 



