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GENEALOGY 
OF THE 
PRINCES OF AZCAPOZALCO* 
PLATE XII. 
Two fragments of hieroglyphical paintings^ 
both posterior to the arrival of the Spaniards on 
the coasts of Anahiiac^ are engraved on this 
plate. The originals, from which these draw- 
ings are copied, belong to the Aztech 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 Aztech people, has a 
