entire face of one folio (pictorial and textual)

This page, which is the back side of the fifteenth folio of sixteen folios (also Book VII, folio 3 verso), is typical of the image-heavy pages that feature landscapes included in these territorial claims of Santa María Iztacapan (modern State of Hidalgo, Mexico) late in the Spanish colonial period. This is a scene with an individual, indigenous male seated by a river. He may be fishing, as a basket appears next to him, and he holds his right hand out as though he may be holding a fishing line, although no pole appears. The basket, outlined in black and washed with a gray paint, may have a rope handle, and it is constructed in such a way that 8-10 horizontal lines appear from top to bottom. The scene is reminiscent of Book V, Folio 3r. The river is outlined in black and painted with a turquoise blue watercolor. On the far side of the river are three magueyes (agaves) and one tree or tall bush. They are outlined in black and washed with green. The shore is also outlined in black and washed with green. The man, on the shore of the river that is closest to the viewer, is also outlined in black and wears what appears to be white-cotton, Spanish-colonial style clothing — probably a shirt and pants. Two rows of text appear across the bottom of this page. [SW]