Note 389 — Chapter VI · MEXICO.
Reading edition
Obregon, México viejo, 2ª Serie, p. 333.
It would seem that the sanbenitos were not hung in the cathedral until 1667, after pressure from the Suprema to compel the inquisitors to perform the work, which must have been considerable if they had to be compiled from the records. The number then hung amounted to 404.—Medina, Historia de la Inquisicion de México, p. 317.