Huexotzinco Codex

The Huexotzinco Code is a document from Central America, which contains literal witness statements and accompanying images written indication of tribute payments. The document is painted on amatl, a paper from bast fibers. It was made for a process that has led Hernán Cortés in 1531 against the officials of the so-called Primera Audiencia and where it had gone to the income from the province of Huexotzinco. The process was ultimately successful, and two-thirds of the excess charges were refunded. The image- writing department of the document contains the earliest known portrait of Marie from Mexico. Huexotzinco, modern Huejotzingo, is a city in the state of Puebla, southeast of Mexico City.