que estaban de dentro muy adornadas de cierto género de piedras preciosas muy verdes por encalado, y las otras que no estaban así adornadas tenían un encalado muy pulido que era de ver, y piedras de que estaban hechas tan bien labradas y tan bien pegadas que parecía ser cosa de mosaico. Y ansí, con razón se llamaban casas de primos y curiosos oficiales por tener tanta lindeza de primor y labor.
\nHabía también un templo que era de su sacerdote llamado Quetzalcóatl, mucho más pulido y precioso que las casas suyas. El cual tenía cuatro aposentos: el uno estaba hacia el oriente, y era de oro, y llamábanle aposento o casa dorada, porque en lugar del encalado tenía oro en planchas, y muy sotilmente enclavado; y el otro aposento estaba hacia el poniente, y a éste le llamaban aposento de esmeraldas y de turquesas, porque por dentro tenía pedrería fina de toda suerte de piedras, todo puesto y juntado en lugar de encalado como obra de mosaico, que era de grande admiración. Y el otro aposento estaba hacia el mediodía que llaman sur, el cual era de diversas conchas mariscas, y en lugar del encalado tenía plata, y las conchas de que estaban hechas las paredes estaban tan sotilmente puestas que no parecía la juntura dellas. Y el cuarto aposento estaba hacia el norte, y este aposento era de pedrería colorada y jaspes y conchas, muy adornado.
\nTambién había otra cosa1 de labor
\nDebe decir "casa".↩
which were decorated on the inside with a stucco made with a certain type of very green precious stones, while the other ones that were not decorated in this way had a very polished stucco that was a thing to behold; and the stones from which they were built were so well cut and fit together so well that they looked as if it were mosaic. Thus, they were called, with good reason, “houses of the excellent and remarkable artisans” because they had so much beauty in their construction and exquisiteness.
\nThere was also a temple that belonged to their priest called Quetzalcoatl, which was much more polished and precious than their own houses. And this [temple] had four rooms: one faced the east and was made of gold; and they called it the Room or Golden House, because instead of stucco, it had slabs of gold joined in a very subtle way. The other room faced the west, and they called this one the Room of Emeralds and Turquoise, because it had fine stonework inside made of all kinds of stones, all of them set and joined as mosaics instead of stucco—and it was a great marvel to behold. And the other room faced the midday position, which they call “south.” And that one was made of various seashells and had silver instead of stucco; and the shells that formed the walls were set in such a subtle way that their joints were imperceptible. And the fourth room faced the north, and this room was made of red stonework, jaspers, and shells—elaborately decorated.
\nThere was also another house1 made of
\n“House”: cosa in LAGQ; LAGQ (2:950) indicates in a note that this should read casa instead.↩
[jnteupix]cauh catca, in jtoca quetzalcoatl, vellamaviçolli catca. Nauhtemanca: centetl tlapcopa itzticaca, injn teucujtlacalli, injc mjtoa teucuitlacalli, in tlaquilli povia: iehoatl in coztic teocujtlatl, tlatemantli, tlaçalolli. Centetl çioatlampa itzticaca: in tonatiuh icalaqujampa, injn chalchiuhcalli, teuxiuhcalli: injc mjtoa chalchiuhcalli, teuxiuhcalli, chalchiujtl, teuxivitl: in tlaçalolli caliticpa, in tlaquilli povi: centetl vitztlampa, amjlpampa itzticaca: injn teccizcalli, anoço iztac teucujtlatl, in tlaquilli povia: in caliticpa tepantli mochiuhtoca, iehoatl in tecciztli tlaçalolli. Centetl mjctlampa, teutlalpampa, tlacochcalcopa itzticaca: injn tlatlauhquj, injc tlatlauhquj: iehoatl in tapachtli, tlaçalolli, in caliticpa tepamjtl, in anoço in tlein tlaçotli tetl, tlatlauhquj.
\nIoan vnmanca in ivicalli: ivitica in tlatzontli, calitic, in tlaqujlli povi: no nauhtemanca, in tlapcopa itzticaca, coztiqujvitica, in tlatzontli catca,
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\nAnd there was the house of feathers. That which served as the stucco within the house was a covering of feathers. It also consisted of four [abodes. One] was facing east.
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