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The "Aztec" manuscripts have been divided by some scholars into four groups: (1) Aztec proper; (2) Xicalanca (northern Oaxaca); (3) Mixtec (central Oaxaca); and (4) Zapotec, Cuitateco, Mazateco, Mixe and Chinanteco (Oaxaca and Chiapas). A clear distinction, however, cannot be made as yet.
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Fig. 63-Page from an Aztec manuscript. Arrival of the Toltecs at Tlachiualtepec. Icxicouatl (a) and Quetzalteueyeac (b) at Tlachiualtepec (c), the seat of AquiachAmapane (e).-(K. Th. Preuss and E. Mengin, Die Mexikanische Bilderhandschrift Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca, Berlin, 1937, pl. IV)
