Tilmàtli
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A tilmàtli was a type of outer garment worn by men as a cloak/cape, documented from the late Postclassic and early Colonial eras among the Aztec and other peoples of central Mexico.
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Aztec warrior priests and priests as depicted in the Codex Mendoza, wearing battle suits and tilmàtli tunics.
Nezahualpiltzintli wearing an elaborate tilmàtli.
Saint Juan Diego, wearing a tilmàtl during the 1531 Our Lady of Guadalupe Marian apparitions.
Marcos Cipac de Aquino
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Marcos Cipac de Aquino, informally known as Marcos the Indian, was a Nahuatl artist in sixteenth-century New Spain and is the purported painter of the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
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…attracts millions of pilgrims annually. Historians, forensic analysts, art restorationists and skeptics believe that the image is a painting created by Marcos Cipac de Aquino, and the story behind the miraculous tilma is considered "pious legend". Johnston, Francis (1981). The Wonder of Guadalupe : The Origin and Cult of the…
The tilma painting of Guadalupe, Marcos Cipac de Aquino is proposed as being its creator.
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