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(MEXICAN MANUSCRIPTS.) Research files of the historian Francisco del Paso y Troncoso. Approximately 200 manuscript pages on loose sheets of various sizes in one folder; generally minor wear. Madrid and elsewhere, circa 1910-16
Detailed notes on early Mexican and Nahuatl texts written by the historian Francisco del Paso y Troncoso (1842-1916) while researching at the Biblioteca Nacional in Madrid. Troncoso was a tireless hunter of historical Mexican documents, having located and described several rare works so that later historians could study them. Although he made important contributions to the field of Nahuatl ethnohistory, only a fraction of his findings were ever published. These notes may contain discoveries that were never made public. Much of it centers around transcriptions of Nahuatl codices, grammars, catechisms and Huei Tlamahuiçoltica, the indigenous account of the apparition of the Virgin of Guadalupe, bearing his handwritten notes. Some notes are arranged into packets devoted to a single document, particularly the Codex Osuna. Includes some of his photocopies of codices. The geography of Mexico was another favorite subject, with particular attention paid to the locations and borders of Nahua towns. The collection also includes a few personal letters, one written shortly before his death in 1916.
