Fray Marcos De Niza en Mezquitic, Jalisco, Mexico (1667)?????
By MADERA_32 |
I was going through baptismo records of year 1667 of pueblo Santa Catharina which is recorded in Mezquitic Catholic Church records and noticed the signatures of "Fray Marcos De Niza:
It looks odd at first but if you look carefully, it is an abbreviated/stylized way of signing, the letter that looks like an A is actually a Q, with the @ in top that would (in this specific case) means UI but understood as UIA, completing the MIZQUIA name. Plus the century off, but is interesting how a misread can lead to a different but actual real name, been there myself many times.
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It looks odd at first but if you look carefully, it is an abbreviated/stylized way of signing, the letter that looks like an A is actually a Q, with the @ in top that would (in this specific case) means UI but understood as UIA, completing the MIZQUIA name. Plus the century off, but is interesting how a misread can lead to a different but actual real name, been there myself many times.
RJ Quiralta
Fray Marcos De Niza en
Here is a copy of the title page:
http://oi57.tinypic.com/27yzocg.jpg
There it says "Fray Marcos De Mixquia"
And he signs his name as "Fray Marcos De Niza"
odd????