mixiotes

[Mark David Morris]

In Tlaxcala we also have it commonly understood that mixiote is the wrap
used for barbeque rather than the food itself, and even the distinction
between mixiote from maguey and that of paper has largely disappeared in
common commercial use; so if you are here and want barbeque in mixiote,
you better ask before hand if it is real mixiote from maguey or from
paper.  Speaking of derivations, I am writing a doctoral thesis on
18th-century Tlaxcala based in Nahuatl sources working from a local
collection of some 2000 folios as well as another 100+ I've located in the
state archives.  I invite anyone competent in translating Nahuatl to
collaborate with me on particular documents or document genres.


Sincerely,

Mark Morris



















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For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more
grief. Eccl 1:18

To realize that our knowledge is ignorance, this is a noble insight. To
regard our ignorance as knowledge, this is mental sickness.  Only when we
are sick of our sickness, shall we cease to be sick.  The Sage is not
sick, being sick of sickness; This is the secret of health.  TTC 71

MDM, PhD Candidate
Dept. of History, Indiana Univ.