A note on the position and extent of the great temple enclosure of Tenochtitlan,: and the position, structure and orientation of the Teocolli of Huitzilopochtli.Maudslay, Alfred Percival
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A note on the position and extent of the great temple enclosure of Tenochtitlan,: and the position, structure and orientation of the Teocolli of Huitzilopochtli.
Maudslay, Alfred Percival
Huitzilopochtli (Aztec deity); Indian architecture -- Mexico; Mexico City (Mexico) -- Antiquities
PLATE E.
View of the Great Teocalli and enclosure, from ‘The Chronicle of
Mexico,’ 1576. (Manuscript in British Museum, No. 31219. Additional.)
PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS,
RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.
[Illustration:
Tracing A_{1}
AFTER J. GARCÍA ICAZBALCETA
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PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS,
RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.
[Illustration:
Tracing A_{2}
PART OF THE CITY OF MEXICO FROM A MODERN MAP
SUGGESTED SITE OF THE GREAT TEOCALLI AND ENCLOSURE
]
PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS,
RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.
[Illustration:
Plate A.
PART OF THE CITY OF MEXICO FROM A MODERN MAP
]
[Illustration:
Plate B.
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[Illustration:
Plate C.
PLAN BY PADRE SAHAGUN AFTER D^{R.} E. SELER
a = _Great Teocalli_
b = _Eagle Vase_
c = _Priest’s House_
d = _Outer Altar_
e = _Eagle Warrior’s House_
f = _Tlachtli Court_
g = _Skull Scaffold_
h = _Yopic Teocalli_
i = _Wheel Stone_
k = _Collaiacan Teocalli_
l = _5 Lizard (date)_
m = _5 House „_
n = _Dancing Places_
o = _Snake Wall_
p = _Temple Entrances_
]
[Illustration:
Plate D.
THE GREAT TEOCALLI.
Codice Goupil—IXLILXOCHITL.
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[Illustration:
Plate E.
THE GREAT TEOCALLI,
FROM THE CHRONICLE OF MEXICO, 1576.
MANUSCRIPT,—BRITISH MUSEUM, NO. 31219. ADDITIONAL.
]
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Footnote 1:
‘Mexico en 1554. Tres Dialogos Latinos que Francisco Cervantes Salazar
escribio y imprimio en Mexico en dicho año.’ A reprint with Spanish
translation and notes by Joaquim García Icazbalceta. Mexico, 1875.
Footnote 2:
Dr. Seler states that the house of Mota still retains its name.
Footnote 3:
See paragraphs on pp. 7 & 8.
Footnote 4:
_I. e._ the Enclosure of the Great Temple.
Footnote 5:
A note by Don Lucas Alaman says: “I do not know what was the origin of
this division of the Temple into three parts, which this expression
appears to indicate.”
Footnote 6:
This would agree fairly well with Tracing A_{2}, if the Apetlac or
forecourt were included.
Footnote 7:
Bernal Díaz speaks of them as Torrezillas.
Footnote 8:
Memoriales de Fray Toribio de Motolinia. Manuscrito de la coleccion
del Señor Don Jonquin García Icazbalceta, publicalo por primera vez su
hijo Luis García Pimentel. Paris: A. Donnamette, 30 Rue de Saints
Pères, 1903. This is probably the original manuscript from which the
‘Historia de los Indios de Nueva Hispaña’ was taken.
Footnote 9:
Un poco tuerto.
Footnote 10:
Todo el Pueblo.
Footnote 11:
“Donde parecia terminar la escalinata se descubrió un muro en talud
siguiendo la misma dirección de la escalera.”
Footnote 12:
This must refer not to the altars themselves but the temples
containing the altars.
Footnote 13:
Or towards the rear.
Footnote 14:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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