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numeral 10 and a man stretching out his hand to the objects opposite 

 to him, the lock of a door or chest and a woman. Section 6. Estos 

 diez mandamientos se encierran en dos (" These ten commandments 

 may be comprised in two "). The picture shows the numeral 10, and 

 joined to it by a line the numeral 2; then follows the hieroglyph 

 " article ". 



The seventh and last row begins at the left: Section 1. En servir y 

 amar A Dios sobre todas las cosas (" To serve and love God above all 

 other things "). On the left may have been the picture of God. The 

 l^icture of the heart is still visible here, as in the first commandment 

 (row 5, section 3), expressing the idea of love. Section 2. Y a tu 

 progimo como a ti mismo ("And thy neighbor as thyself"). The 

 picture shows the numeral 2 and then two men, to express neighborly 

 love. 



We have been able to prove, or to make it seem probable, that most 

 of the manuscripts in our collection once belonged to the great collec- 

 tion of the Cavaliere Boturini, which he was forced to leave behind 

 him in Mexico wdien he was released from prison. Does this also 

 hold good in regard to th^s manuscript of religious import, the last in 

 our collection ? Boturini enumerates in section 25 of the catalogue of 

 his Museo Indiano the folio ig manuscripts of religious character : 



1. A manuscript of 11 pages on European paper, whose authorship 

 he ascribes to Padre Sahagun. This now belongs to the Aubin-Goupil 

 collection. Two pages of it are published on plate 78 of the Goupil- 

 Boban atlas. 



2. A manuscrii^t on agave paper, which he describes as follows: 

 Otro pedazo de mapa con figuras y cifras en papel Indiano. Demues- 

 tra parte de clichos misterios; i. e.. de nuestra Santa Fe ("Another 

 fragment of a map, with illustrations and numbers, on Indian paper, 

 shows part of the said mysteries, that is, of our holy faith "). 



3. A manuscript of 4 pages on European paper with interlinear 

 explanations in Otomi, ademas de las figuras y cifras, unos pocos 

 venglones en lengua Otomi (" besides figures and pictures, a few lines 

 in the Otomi language "). This manuscript now exists in the Aubin- 

 Goupil collection. Two pages are reproduced in plate 76 of the 

 Goupil-Boban atlas. 



4. Un librito en papel Europeo de 48 fojas chiquitas. Explica 

 con toscas figuras, y cifras la dicha Doctrina (" a small book on Euro- 

 pean paper, of 48 tiny pages. Explains the said doctrine in rude 

 pictures and figures"). This manuscript is also in the Aubin- 

 Goupil collection. Two pages are reproduced in plate 77 of the 

 Goupil-Boban atlas. The figures are there provided with explana- 

 tions in Nahuatl. 



Of the four manuscripts of a religious character owned by Botu- 

 rini, the fourth, which Boturini mentions under number 2, has not 



