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    like an accordion into 21.5 sheets 25.4 cm (10.0 in) wide on average. The tlacuilo [es] who fashioned the Boturini Codex was familiar with the Aztec writing...
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    posits that they were created by "members of the hereditary profession of tlacuilo or native scribe-painter". The images were inserted in places in the text...
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  • codices and early colonial catechisms, recently deciphered, were used by tlacuilos (scribes), macehuallis (peasants), and pochtecas (merchants). The Aztec...
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    upon their arrival.[citation needed] The regional merchants, known as tlacuilo, would barter utilitarian items and food, which included gold, silver,...
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    No. 1, 2003, pp. 22, 32. Carmelo Arredondo, Rosa et al. Juan Gerson: Tlacuilo de Tecamachalco. Mexico City: INAH 1964. Gruzinski, Serge. L’Aigle et la...
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    colonial government, for example, Codex Mendoza, were painted by Aztec tlacuilos (codex creators), but under the control of Spanish authorities, who also...
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    codex's content such as the use of three-dimensional objects. The master tlacuilo also uses overlapping images to create depth, as in European art. Figures...
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    plants blooming nearly year-round. Forests include tree species such as: “Tlacuilo,” Oaks (Quercus species), Copaifera, “Zuchiate,” Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla)...
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    content. Although there are very few surviving prehispanic codices, the tlacuilo (codex painter) tradition endured the transition to colonial culture; scholars...
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  • with a circumflex on the preceding vowel letter (â, ê, î, ô), for example tlàcuilô /tɬaʔˈkʷiloo̥/ "scribe, painter". Since long vowels do not occur before...
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