gloss, “Sancta. Maria. Cabezera.”

gloss, “Sancta. Maria. Cabezera.”

Gloss refers to Santa María, a “cabecera” (a Spanish loanword meaning head town). [SW] This seems to be a reference to Santa María Xixitla. See Takanori Kobayashi, “History Engraved on the Urban Landscape: Formation of the Sacred City and Constructino of Traditional Festivals in Cholula, Mexico,” in Constructing, Deconstructing, and Reconstructing Social Identity: 2,000 Years of Monumentality in Teotihuacan and Cholula, Mexico, eds. Sbro Sugiyama et al (2013), 120–121.