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and qualmitl^ wood. It is no doubt very re- 
markable^ that we find in the Aztech paintings 
a hand of justice^ like that which is represented 
on the seal of Hugh Capet*^ and which re- 
minds us of the manus 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 
Quetzalcohuatly 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 
^ Montfaucou, Monuments of the French Monarchy, voL L 
page 36; Menestrier, nouvelle Methode raisonn^e de Blason 
(Lyon, 1750) page 52 ; Dictionnaire de Treyoux, tom. iii, 
page 127 : Gilbert Devarennes (Paris, 1635) page 184. 
, f Augustinus, Antiquitat, Romanor, Hispaniarumque in 
Nummis Veter um Dialogi (Antverp 1654) p, 18; Lipsius 
de Militia Romana, page 41. 
