A note on the position and extent of the great temple enclosure of Tenochtitlan, / and the position, structure and orientation of the Teocolli of Huitzilopochtli.

by Alfred Percival Maudslay

[2]. Dr. Seler states that the house of Mota still retains its name.

[3]. See paragraphs on pp. [7] & [8].

[4]. I. e. the Enclosure of the Great Temple.

[5]. A note by Don Lucas Alaman says: “I do not know what was the origin of this division of the Temple into three parts, which this expression appears to indicate.”

[6]. This would agree fairly well with Tracing A₂, if the Apetlac or forecourt were included.

[7]. Bernal Díaz speaks of them as Torrezillas.

[8]. Memoriales de Fray Toribio de Motolinia. Manuscrito de la coleccion del Señor Don Jonquin García Icazbalceta, publicalo por primera vez su hijo Luis García Pimentel. Paris: A. Donnamette, 30 Rue de Saints Pères, 1903. This is probably the original manuscript from which the ‘Historia de los Indios de Nueva Hispaña’ was taken.

[9]. Un poco tuerto.

[10]. Todo el Pueblo.

[11]. “Donde parecia terminar la escalinata se descubrió un muro en talud siguiendo la misma dirección de la escalera.”