from tlie Codex Borglanus , fol. 58. I have co- 
pied a whole page, in order to give a clear idea 
of the distribution of this curious manuscript. 
As we find nothing among the Mexican hiero- 
glypliics tliat announces the worship of Ihelwgam 
(cpduci), SO we observe none of those figures 
v/ith sevei’a] heads and liands, which character- 
ize, as we may say, the mystic paintings of the 
liindoos. The man placed on the right in the 
upper compartment is a priest clothed with the 
skin of a human victim recently sacrificed. The 
painter has marked the drops of blood, which 
cover this skin ; that of the hands hangs on the 
arm of the sacrificer, who hence appears to have 
four hands. This costume, and the horrible and 
disgusting^ ceremonies which it recalls to mind, 
are described by Torquemada'^. A chapel, known 
under the name of Yopico, was built over the 
cavern that contained the human skins. We 
have already seen, thalt the fourth Mexican 
month tlacaxipehiiaUztli, which corresponds to 
our month of March, had received its denomina- 
tion from these sanguinary festivals. In the 
Codex Borgianus^ which is a ritual calendar, we 
find in reality the figure of a priest, covered with 
the skin of a man, under the sign of the day 
which indicates the vernal equinox The head 
^ MoiJ. Ind. lib. 10, cap. 12 (vol. ii, p. 271). 
t Cod. Borg. fol. 25 (Fabr. MSS. n. 105, 275, and 209). 
See also vol. xiii, p. 290. 
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