index • 243bloodletting, 45, 67, 68, 183; and Chapultepec,
59; for coronations, 58, 59, 71; and deity
costumes, 56; and priests’ costumes, 66; and
processions of Mexica rulers, 58; Spanish civil
rituals, 14, 94–96, 98, 168, 218n69; and tribute
goods, 55. See also mitotes (ritual dances);
sacrifice
Rojas Rabiela, Teresa, 35
Rome, Italy: as model for Mexico-Tenochtitlan,
107, 113, 114, 116, 122–127, 209; sixteenth-
century population of, 1; Valadés in, 119–120
Romero Galván, José Rubén, 125
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 151
Ruiz, Gonzalo, 217n42
Ruiz Medrano, Ethelia, 15, 82
sacred bundles, agency of, 66–67, 71
sacrifice: and Acuecuexatl stone, 68; heart
sacrifice, 48; self-sacrifice of Mexica rulers, 69.
See also human sacrifice
Sahagún, Bernardino de: on Chalchiuhtlicue,
44; on Coatlicue, 29; and feast day psalms,
96, 98; on indigenous artists, 155–156; on
markets, 80, 82; on mitotes, 184, 224n65; as
resident of Monastery of San Francisco, 118;
and Santiageo Tlatelolco, 177; and Valeriano,
- See also Florentine Codex
Salvator Mundi, feather mosaic, 171, 172 , 173
San Antonio Abad, 64, 217n23
San Cosme, 58
San Francisco, monastery of: ahuehuetl tree
in courtyard, 177, 205; centrality of, 175;
extension of street passing by, 194, 225n13;
Franciscan living quarters of, 117; Franciscans’
utopian vision for, 116–119; Gante in residence
at, 105, 113, 118, 122, 177, 220n14; gardens of,
117, 127; images of Catholic saints in, 173; lived
space of, 114; Mendieta residing at, 169–170;
and Moteuczoma’s aviary, 105–106; Plano
General, 117, 117 , 177; residents of, 118; site
of, 110, 113, 116; as symbolic of Franciscan
mission, 114, 116; and Tianguis of Mexico, 86;
in Valadés’s Rhetorica christiana, 114, 115. See
also San José de los Naturales
San Gregorio, school of, 178
San Hipólito: civil celebration of feast of,
14, 95–96, 98, 168, 170, 190; procession of,
176–177
San José de los Naturales: autos-da fé of
the Inquisition, 117; Chapel of, 110, 114,
117, 117 , 118, 123, 125, 127, 170, 173, 175, 177,
179; founding of, 116; as Gante’s building
project, 123; indigenous scribes of, 111; and
Nahua confraternities, 18, 118; parish of,
113, 116, 137, 165, 170; and processions, 170,
171; reconstruction drawing of façade from
George Kubler, 123, 123 ; school of, 18, 113,
118–119, 121–122
San Juan, feast of, 95, 126
San Juan causeway, 86, 88, 127, 191, 194, 207
San Juan de la Penetencia convent, 177
San Juan de Letrán, 125, 126
San Juan Moyotlan: and aquatic infrastructure,
202, 204; churches of, 125, 126, 177; feasts of,
126; Franciscans in, 113, 116, 177, 179; market of,
85, 108, 110, 127; name glyph for, 149, 150 , 153,
153 ; patron saints of, 126, 221n47; population
of, 126–127, 220n50, 221n50; power as center
of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, 110–111, 113; and
processions, 174; Spanish naming of, 73;
tribute in Genaro García 30, 150 , 153–154, 153 ,
165; Valadés on, 108. See also Moyotlan
San Lázaro dike, 199, 200–202, 201 , 225n44
San Lázaro hospital, 108, 199, 221n39
San Lorenzo basilica, 221n39
San Pablo Extramuros, 125
San Pablo Teopan: and aquatic infrastructure,
202; atrios of, 128; churches of, 125; indigenous
government of, 199; and Map of Santa Cruz,
110–111; patron saints of, 126, 221n49; and
processions, 174; and secular priests, 178, 179;
Spanish naming of, 73; teocalli of, 220n38;
tribute goods from, 152, 153; tribute in Genaro
García 30, 153, 153 ; water supply of, 191;
Xochiquentzin’s palace in, 110. See also Teopan
San Sebastián Atzacoalco: atrios of, 128;
churches of, 125, 220n38; feast of, 126; Pedro
Moctezoma’s palace in, 110; and processions,
174; and secular priests, 178; Spanish
naming of, 73; teocalli of, 125, 220n38. See also
Atzacoalco
Santa Catalina church, 108
Santa Catalina de Sena, 177
Santa Cruz, Alonso de, 108
Santa Cruz de Jerusalem basilica, 221n39
Santa Fe springs, 191, 198, 203, 204
Santa María Cuepopan: church of, 125, 179;
feast of, 126; and Franciscans, 173, 177, 179,
180; liminality of, 179; and north-south axis,
127; and processions, 174, 179–180; Spanish
naming of, 73; tribute in Genaro García 30,
151–152, 152 , 156. See also Cuepopan
Santa María la Mayor, 125
Santiago, feast of, 95, 126
Santiago Tlatelolco: bells of monastery, 177,
205, 223n38; Caso’s Map of Tenochtitlan
and Tlatelolco, 136–137, 136 ; cistern of, 205;
as “ciudad,” 135; feast of, 126; featherworking
of, 219n27; and Franciscans, 177; indigenous
government of, 15, 107, 137, 199, 205, 219n21,
219n27; as indigenous zone, 99, 113; market
of, 85, 86, 113, 218n46; and north-south
axis, 127; as pre-Hispanic altepetl, 99; and
San Juan causeway, 86; Spanish naming of,
73; tlaxilacalli of, 137; viceregal requests for
indigenous labor, 127. See also Tlatelolco
Santo Domingo, monastery of, 176 , 177, 179, 187,
194
Saussure, Ferdinand de, 151
Schroeder, Susan, 175sculptural representation: Acuecuexatl stone,
67–69; agency of, 60, 66, 71; on Chapultepec
hill, 23, 61–62, 63, 70, 71, 80; deity images on
live rock, 69, 70
Sebastian, Saint, 168
Simpson, Lesley Byrd, 224n55
Soto, Francisco de, 126
southern lakes, 35, 40, 59
space: Aristotelian and Ptolemaic conceptions
modified by Christianity, 11; cities as,
10–14; meanings of, 10. See also lived spaces;
representations of space; spatial practices
Spaniards: and aquatic infrastructure, 75,
194, 210; conquistador class, 3, 20, 38, 58,
72, 73, 75, 81, 83, 94, 95, 98, 101, 116, 156, 157,
193–194, 196, 211; fears of indigenous uprising,
194; indigenous elites collaborating with
authorities, 82; indigenous elites competing
with authorities, 81; interactions with
indigenous peoples, 41; and place-names,
98; processions of, 94–96, 98; as residents of
Mexico City, 94–97, 98, 209–210
Spanish Conquest: and aquatic infrastructure
of Tenochtitlan, 38, 39, 75–77, 86, 210; arrival
in Valley of Mexico, 37; and changes in
place-names, 73, 75, 97; and Codex Aubin,
8; and Codex Mendoza, 7; and comparisons
to ancient Rome, 123; and Cuauhtemoc’s
surrender, 72; and death of Tenochtitlan,
3; and destruction of Tenochtitlan, 18, 20;
and feast of San Hipólito, 95–96, 98; and
indigenous government, 15; and Ixtapalapa
causeway, 71, 72; monumental architecture of,
9; siege of Tenochtitlan, 72, 75; wars of, 73,
75–76, 77, 81, 97, 116
Spanish Crown, 15, 102, 110, 114
Spanish historical narratives: on aquatic
infrastructure, 37, 38; and death of
Tenochtitlan, 1, 3, 72, 211; and feast of San
Hipólito, 95–96; indigenous histories as
source material, 37; and Mexica deities, 42; on
Mexico City, 24, 211
Spanish language: and Codex Mendoza, 4, 8;
and Florentine Codex, 29; and Gante, 119;
goods in Tianguis of Mexico expressed in,
91–92, 93; period texts of, 13; and place-names
in Mexico City, 96–97, 130; and Valadés, 119
Spanish missions, 73
spatial practices: and continuity between
Mexico-Tenochtitlan and Mexico City, 18,
24, 73, 211; diachronic nature of, 14; and
habitual memory, 14, 116; and intersection of
spatial spheres, 59; Lefebvre on, 11, 12, 169,
213n22; and representations of space, 29; in
Tenochtitlan, 53; visibility of, 13
spatial spheres: intersection of, 59, 116, 211;
Mexica rulers’ understanding of, 53, 55–61, 71;
and relation of center to periphery, 86, 173,
175, 210. See also lived spaces; representations
of space; spatial practices