Ome Itzcuintli (CQ)

The notation is unusually high above the calendrical glyph. The coloring of the notation may be worth tracking for patterns that may suggest reading order. The three colors of red, yellow, and white for the counters (ones) are used fairly regularly in this manuscript. Of course, these colors are echoed in the colors of maize and in cardinal directions.

Doña Elena Ome Itzcuintli governed Tecamachalco, Puebla, for two years following the rule of doña Lucía de León, who was the widow of don Pedro de Léon. Dona Lucía died in 1569, which is likely when doña Elena's two-year rule began. {See Sebastián van Doesburg, "El mapa de Ecatepec y Huitziltepec," p. 134, for a discussion of these transitions. He gives "doña Luisa" for the name of the widow of don Pedro, but the gloss says Lucía. Perhaps the gloss is incorrect. The full citation to his article appears in our Bibliography.)