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GENEALOGY 



PRINCES OF AZCAPOZALCO. 



PLATE XII. 



Two fragments of hieroglyphical paintings, 

 both posterior to the arrival of the Spaniards on 

 the coasts of Anahuac, are engraved on this 

 plate. The originals, from which these draw- 

 ings are copied, belong to the Azteck manu- 

 scripts, which I brought from New Spain, and 

 which are deposited in the royal library at 

 Berlin. The plate, from the manner in which 

 it is engraved, is a perfect imitation, not only of 

 the drawing, but of the colour of the Mexican 

 paper ; and reminds us of the curious envelope 

 of a mummy, that was preserved for some time 

 at Strasbourg, in a private collection, and now 

 forms a part of the great and valuable collections 

 of the Institute of Egypt at Paris. 



The paper, which was used for the hierogly- 

 phical paintings of the Azteck people, has a 



