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lire five red dots. The lower one is named Jiiana, the upper one 

 Maria. Behind tlie upj^er one is a design wliich loolvs like the mono- 

 gram M A when cut in wood, and probably stands for the name Maria. 

 ElseAvhere — for instance, in the Duke of Osuna's Pintura — the 

 name Maria is represented by a crown; for Maria is the queen of 

 heaven. Behind Juana's head is a hieroglyi)h which represents an 

 eye in an angle pointing upward, and below it three drops of 

 water. This may be the hieroglyph for icno, '' orphaned "', " wid- 

 owed '\ In the lists of names of persons in the Manuscrit Mexicain 

 number 3 of the Bibliotheque Nationale this idea is always expressed 

 by tears (see e^ Icnotlacatl; /, icno-ix). 



This document, too, in my opinion, belonged to the Boturini col- 

 lection. In the catalogue of Boturini's Museo Indiano, under num- 

 ber 10, section 21, are mentioned siete pedazos de mapas en papel 

 Indiano, de los pueblos Tezarco, Tlacoapan, Coj^otepec y Tezontepec 

 ("" seven pieces of maps on Indian paper, of the villages of Tezarco, 

 Tlacoapan, Coyotepec, and Tezontepec"). One of these seven frag- 

 ments, therefore, was designated by the name of a village, wdiose 

 name and hieroglyph were found on our fragment V (plate x). 

 Since the majority of the fragments of our collection l)elonged, as we 

 shall see, to the Boturini collection, it is probable that this is not an 

 accidental coincidence. 



FRAGMENT VI 



This is a piece of agave paper of the size of a quarto sheet (dimen- 

 sions of fragment, 20 by 21 cm.), and is covered on one side with fig- 

 ures and drawings (plate xi). This is the document reproduced 

 and described by A. von Humboldt in his Vues des Cordilleres et 

 Monuments des Peuples indigenes de PAmerique, under the title 

 " Piece de proces en ecriture hieroglyphique (legal document in hiero- 

 glyphic writing).'' 



In the middle of the fragment is a ground plan of buildings. To 

 the left of it are written the words ciudad de Tezcuco (" city of 

 Tezcuco "). It is therefore clear that this is the ground plan of the 

 capital of that name situated opposite Mexico on the other shore of 

 the lake. In the middle of the right side a path leads into, or, 

 l)erhaps more correctly, from the heart of the city, as the 

 position of the footprints shows. At i-ight angles to the first 

 path and parallel to the right side, near the edge, there is a path 

 which, as it seems, separates two smaller quarters from the main 

 body of the town. In the center of the main part there is a 

 large group of buildings, \\'hich is doubtless meant to represent 

 the palace. Most conspicuous is a square room, which is entered 

 by a door on the right. Door posts and rafters, which were 

 usually of wood, are designated by their red color. Rows of 



