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the Borgian codex (figure G6) is represented opposite Tepej^ollotl. It 

 is probably intended to represent the house of the earth or stone. 



In the Vienna codex, page 38, in exactly the same way, a mountain 



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Fig. 73. Descent of Quetzalcoatl and house symlwls. from 

 the Vienna codex. 



(painted green, as usual), with the radiating eye on its surface, is 

 placed opposite another mountain, painted brown and black, the 

 color of stone, out of which rise tongues of fire {h, figure T-i). In 



