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articles ; every where we see weapons^ the in- 
struments of conquest, between the figures of the 
conquering princes and of the conquered cities, 
with the symbols of their names and of the years. 
The last were arranged near the representation 
of each event, in a sort of frame, which encircles 
the paintings, and which contains the hierogly- 
phics of a chronological cycle of fifty-two 
years. ‘ 
The accounts of the taxes form the second 
part of the collection of Mendoza, composed of 
the names of the tributary cities, and of the arti- 
cles which each was bound to deliver in kind to 
the treasury and temples, denoted at the head of 
this list by the symbol of calli. These articles 
consist of all the useful productions of nature and 
of art : gold silver, and precious stones : wea- 
pons, mats, cloaks, and blankets ; quadrupeds, 
birds, and feathers ; cacao, maize, and vegeta- 
bles ; coloured paper, borax, salt, &c. These 
were represented either by figuring the thing 
containing for that contained in it ; as vases;}:, 
baskets, bags, chests, and packages of a deter- 
minate size; or by delineating the form of the 
thing itself. The quantity is expressed by means 
of numerical signs, which denote the units by 
points and balls ; the twenties § by a character 
t PL 58, Fig. 9, 
§ PI. 58, Fig. 5. 
N 2 
^ PL 58, Fig. 5. 
X PL 58, Fig. 6. 
