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and quahuitl, wood. It is no doubt very re- 

 markable, that we find in the Azteck paintings 

 a hand of justice, like that which is represented 

 on the seal of Hugh Capet*, and which re- 

 minds us of the mayius erecta of the Roman co- 

 horts-}-. 



No. 6. Teocipactli, the same figure as is 

 represented No. 4. I have chosen it on account 

 of the extraordinary shape of the forehead. The 

 forehead of the natives of Mexico and Peru are 

 in general singularly flattened, and the painters 

 endeavour to exaggerate this character in repre- 

 senting heroical personages. 



No. 7. (Cod. Borg. fol. 33, MSS No. 150). 

 Five little imps, which remind us of the cele- 

 brated picture of the Temptation of St. Anthony. 

 On the same page is represented a temple of 

 Quetzalcohuatl, the triangular roof of which is 

 surrounded by a serpent. The idol, placed in a 

 niche, receives the offering of a human heart. 

 By the side of the temple, we see the goddess of 



* Montfaucon, Monuments of the French Monarchy, vol. i, 

 page 36 ; Menestrier, nouvelle Methode raisonnee de Blason 

 (Lyon, 1750) page 52 ; Dictionnaire de Trevoux, torn, iii, 

 page 127 : Gilbert Devarennes (Paris, 1635) page 184. 



t Augustinns, Antiquitat. Romanor. Hispaniarumque in 

 Nummis Veterum Dialogi ( Antverp 1654) p. 18 ; Lipsius 

 de Militia Roinana, page 41. 



