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on the great so-called calendar stone in the upper left-hand triangular 

 space, is meant for a hieroglyph of Motecuhzoma, as is often 

 assumed. Here the xiuhtzontli is combined with the breastplate of 

 the fire god. In a corresponding place on the other three triangular 

 spaces are the dates, 1 Tecpatl, 1 Qniauitl, 7 Ozomatli, Avhich appear 

 also to denote certain deities. I think that King Motecuhzoma took 

 his name from one of the cognomens of the fire god ; for el sehor 

 enojado, " the angry god ", Avhich is the meaning of the name Mote- 

 cuhzoma, is a fit title for the god of devouring fire. I think I dis- 

 tinctly recognize the hieroglyph of the younger Motecuhzoma in />, 

 which occurs on the inner side of the cover of a cinerary casket, which 

 bears on the outer side (the top) the date 11 TecpatL Peilafiel repro- 

 duced this casket in his " Monumentos del arte mexicano ", and 

 regarded the hieroglyph as that of King Nezaualpilli, of Tetzcoco, 

 said to have died in the year 11 Tecpatl, or A, D. 151G. But, in the 

 first place, the year of Nezahualpilli's death has never been precisely 

 determined. According to Chimalpahin, he died a year earlier, in 

 the year 10 Acatl, or A. D. 1515. Furthermore, the hieroglyph has 

 absolutel}^ no connection with the elements of the name Nezaualpilli. 

 On the contrar3% all the elements contained in the name Motecidi- 

 zoma seem to be expressed in this figure. The royal headband gives 

 us the element tecuh, " prince ". The little tongue (symbol of speech) 

 with clouds of smoke rising from it seems to express the element mo- 

 zoma, " angry "", fiery speech, as it were. And finally, the element 

 with wdiich we became familiar in the hieroglyphs k and ?, and which 

 we also see in the hieroglyph of our manuscript, is plainly contained 

 here, and represents the idea of xocoyotla. 



Opposite the figure of INIotecuhzoma in our manuscript is the pic- 

 ture of a hut built of reeds, called xacalli in Mexican, or jacal, as they 

 still say in Mexico. The circle below probably refers to the place 

 which is here meant, but I can not explain it more fully. As for the 

 location itself, there is no place by the name of Camaca given on more 

 recent maps, and I have sought for it in vain on the older ones. On 

 the map which accompanies the text of the Conquistador anonimo 

 published by Eamusip," there seems to be the only hint of it. This 

 is ])robably based on the first map that was made from the one 

 officially sent in b_y Cortes. It differs from the latter, however, inas- 

 much as the fresh-water lake, which on Cortes's map is shown in 

 very much contracted dimensions on the left of the sheet, is repeated 

 independently on a larger scale on the upper part of the sheet.'' 

 Upon this map. exactly as on that of Cortes, two forked causeways 

 are given on the north side of the town, which is, however, incorrectly 



« Ramusio, Delle navigationi et viaggi, v. 3, Venice, 1556; Garcfa Tcazbalceta, Docu- 

 mentos inrditos para la historia de Mexico, v. 1, p. .390. 



" Dahlgren, " Niigot om det forna och nuvarande Mexico" (Ymer, No. 1, 18S9). 



