Christened Diego de Alvarado, he used his Spanish and indigenous names together and styled himself, “don Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin.” After the reinstatement of the royal line in 1538,20 the new tlatoani wanted to make a sort of declaration on behalf of his people. Working together with Pedro de Gante, Huanitzin arranged to have the city’s most talented feather workers, who had once made gorgeous shields, craft a shimmering picture of the mass of Saint Gregory—
