axes in The ciTy • 181the new king, whose presence is represented by the banner,
an eagle bearing his coat of arms, held aloft by an unnamed
standard-bearer standing at left. To the immediate left of
the banner is Alonso de Zorita, then president of the audi-
encia, or royal court, and at the far right end of the cadalso
is Diego López de Montealegre, another royal judge and
member of the audiencia, seated facing the left. Taken as a
whole, this image is clearly a shorthand and highly edited
version of what actually happened on the Plaza Mayor in
- Francisco Cervantes de Salazar reports that there
were almost eight thousand indigenous dancers, and like-
wise, the Actas de cabildo records throngs on the plaza as
witnesses and the participation of the city’s Spanish cabildo,
whose members also took the oath, but they are omitted in
this indigenous account. 60
Instead, the bottom two registers of the page are domi-
nated by a depiction of a joyous indigenous celebration of
the oath of allegiance. The third register shows a gathering
of the leaders of the former Triple Alliance, and joining
them is the ruler of Tlatelolco, whose independence from
Tenochtitlan had been reestablished, likely by ViceroyfiguRe 8.3. Unknown creator, celebrations in honor of the jura, or oath
of loyalty, to Philip II in 1557, Codex Tlatelolco, sec. 7, ca. 1565. Biblioteca
Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico. Reproduction authorized
by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia.