El que vende las colores que pone encima de un cesto grande es desta propriedad: que cada género de color pónelo en un cestillo encima del grande, y las colores que vende son de todo genero: las colores secas y colores molidas, la grana y amarillo claro, azul claro, la greda, el cisco de teas, cardenillo, la alumbre y el ungüento amarillo llamado axi, y el chapuputli mezclado con este ungüento amarillo, llámase tzictli, y el almagre. Vende también cosas olorasas como son las especies aromáticas que se llaman en la lengua tlilxúchitl, mecaxúchitl, hueinacaztli. También vende cosillas de medicina, como es la cola del animalejo llamado tlacuatzin, y muchas yerbas y raíces de diversas especies. Allende de todo lo dicho, vende también el betún que es como pez, y el encienso blanco y agallas para hacer tinta, y la cebadilla y panes de azul, y aceche, y marcaxita.
\n","citation_key":"citation_lopez_spanish_transcription","citation":{"en":["Spanish by López Austin & García Quintana 2000"],"es":["Español por López Austin & García Quintana 2000"]}},{"id":"21049d93-2dbc-4374-ae14-41ffebe4a7a1","choice":{"en":["Spanish-to-English by García Garagarza 2023"],"es":["Español-al-inglés por García Garagarza 2023"]},"type":"translation","type_label":{"en":["spanish translation"],"es":["traducción al español"]},"column":"spanish","language":{"en":["English"],"es":["Inglés"]},"language_code":"eng","subtitle":"(García Garagarza 2023)","markdown":"#### On those who sell colors, _tochomitl_, and _jícara_, et cetera\n\nThe one who sells colors, which he places on top of a large basket, has this trait: he puts each type of color inside a little basket [that goes] on top of a large basket. And the colors that he sells are of every type: dry colors and ground colors; cochineal and light yellow; light blue, clay, coal dust from torches; copper green, alum, and the yellow ointment called “chile”; the _chapopohtli_ that is mixed with this yellow ointment, called _tzictli_; and red ocher. He also sells fragrant things, such as the aromatic spices called in the [Mexican] language _tlilxochitl_, _mecaxochitl_, [and] _hueyinacaztli_. He also sells medicinal trifles, such as the tail of the vermin called _tlacuatzin_, as well as many herbs and roots of different kinds. In addition to everything that has been mentioned, he also sells that tar-like bitumen, white incense, gall nuts to make ink, sabadilla,[^78] blue blossoms,[^79] copper sulfate, and marcasite.\n\n\n[^78]: “Sabadilla”: _cebadilla_; the corresponding Nahuatl term is _quimichpahtli_.\n\n[^79]: “Blue blossoms”: _panes de azul_; the corresponding Nahuatl term is _matlalin_.","html":"The one who sells colors, which he places on top of a large basket, has this trait: he puts each type of color inside a little basket [that goes] on top of a large basket. And the colors that he sells are of every type: dry colors and ground colors; cochineal and light yellow; light blue, clay, coal dust from torches; copper green, alum, and the yellow ointment called “chile”; the chapopohtli that is mixed with this yellow ointment, called tzictli; and red ocher. He also sells fragrant things, such as the aromatic spices called in the [Mexican] language tlilxochitl, mecaxochitl, [and] hueyinacaztli. He also sells medicinal trifles, such as the tail of the vermin called tlacuatzin, as well as many herbs and roots of different kinds. In addition to everything that has been mentioned, he also sells that tar-like bitumen, white incense, gall nuts to make ink, sabadilla,1 blue blossoms,2 copper sulfate, and marcasite.
\nChiquippantlacatl: ca tlapalnamacac, nepapan tlapalnamacac, pâcanamacac, chiquiuhtetecpich, quinamaca tlapaloatzalli, tlaquaoac tlapalli, tlapalnextli, nocheztli, çacatlaxcalli texotli, tetiçatl, tlilli, tlaceuilli, tlalxocotl, axi, tzictli, tlaaxnelolli, tlauitl, tlilsuchitl, mecasuchitl uei nacaztli, teunacaztli, tlaquatl, tlaquacuitlapilli, xiuhtotonti tlaneloatotonti, chapopôtli, tecupalli, copalli, nacazcolotl, quimichpatli, matlalin, tlaliiac, apetztli.
\nin tochominamacac, ca tlapã, tlapani, tlatlatlapalpoani, tlatlapalquistiani, tlanextlatiani, tlanextlati: quinamaca in qualli tochomitl, in uel quizqui, in amo quauhtlatlac
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"9a9cd6aa-62c4-4377-8eed-9f0d59c09383","choice":{"en":["Nahuatl-to-English by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl-al-inglés por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]},"type":"translation","type_label":{"en":["nahuatl translation"],"es":["traducción al náhuatl"]},"column":"nahuatl","language":{"en":["English"],"es":["Inglés"]},"language_code":"eng","subtitle":"(Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982)","markdown":"#### which telleth of those who sell[^1] colors, rabbit hair [material], and gourd bowls.\n\nThe displayer of wares on a large basket[^2] is a seller of colors, of various colors, of dyes; a man who piles [small baskets of color] on a large basket. He sells dried pigment, bars of cochineal pigment, cochineal mixed with chalk or flour, [pure] cochineal; light yellow, sky blue pigment; chalk, lampblack, dark blue pigment; alum, *axin*, chicle, bitumen-mixed chicle, red ochre; *tlilxochitl*,[^3] *mecaxochitl*,[^4] *uei nacaztli*[^5] *teonacaztli*;[^6] opossum,[^7] opossum tail; small herbs, small roots; bitumen, resin, copal; *nacazcolotl,[^8] *quimichpatli*;[^9] a blue coloring made from blossoms; sulfate of copper, iron pyrites.\n\n##### The seller of rabbit-har [material][^10]\n\nThe seller of rabbit-hair [material] is a dyer, a user of dyes, a dyer [of material] in many colors. [Sometimes he is] a user of faded colors, who dresses [the material] with ashes. He sells the good rabbit-hair [material]—well prepared, harmonious, \n\n\n\n\n[^1]: Read *quinamaca*.\n\n\n[^2]: Corresponding Spanish text: *”El que vende las colores que pone encima de vn cesto grande … cada genero de color ponelo, en vn cestillo encima del grande”*\n\n\n[^3]: *Tlilxochitl: Vanilla planifolia* (Santamaría, *op. cit*., III, p. 188).\n\n\n[^4]: *Mecaxochitl: Piper amalago L.* (*ibid*., II, p. 265).\n\n\n[^5]: *Uei nacaztli: Cymbopetalum penduliflorum* (Dunal) Baill. (Emmart, *op. cit*., p. 315).\n\n\n[^6]: *Teonacaztli:* same as *uei nacaztli*, according to Emmart, *loc. cit*. In Sahagún (Garibay ed.), IV, pp. 336, 356, *uei nacaztli* is *Chiranthrodendron pentadactylon* Lan., and *teonacaztli* is *Cymbopetalum penduliflorum*.\n\n\n[^7]: Identification of mammals is based mainly on Martin del Campo: “Ensayo de interpretación del Libro de la Historia General de las Cosas de Nueva España, de Fray Bernardino de Sahagún,” III, “Los Mamíferos,” *Anales del Instituto de Biología*, XII, I (1941), pp. 489–506, and Bernardo Villa R.: “Mamíferos Silvestres del Valle de México,” *Anales del Instituto de Biología*, XXIII, Nos. 1, 2 (1952), pp. 269–492. In personal communication Dr. Stephen D. Durrant, Professor of Zoology at the University of Utah, has supplied English names. In some cases he has supplied the current taxonomy.—*Tlaquatl, tlaquatzin: Didelphis marsupialis californica* Bennet, Villa., *op. cit*., p. 308.\n\n\n[^8]: *Nacazcolotl: Caesalpina corierea*, according to Sahagún, *op. cit*., p. 344; gall nuts (Spanish text).\n\n\n[^9]: *Quimichpatli*: in Martínez, *op. cit*., p. 182 (*quimixpatli*), *Buddleia sessiliflora* H. B. K.; Santamaría, *op. cit*., II, p. 551, *Sebadilla officinarum* Gray.\n\n\n[^10]: *Tochomitl*: rabbit hair (Molina, *op. cit*.; Rémi Siméon, *op. cit*.). Corresponding Spanish text heads this section *”El que es tintorero”* and describes variously dyed wool. In Santamaría, *op. cit*., III, p. 191, *tochomite* is *especie de estambre de lana de colores*; in his *Diccionario de Mejicanismos* (Méjico: Editorial Porrúa, S. A., 1959), p. 1064, a citation from Trens (*Méjico de antaño*, 145) refers to *lanas hiladas y torcidas*. Elsewhere we have seen some justification for translating *tochomitl* as rabbit fur, or as dyed fur.","html":"The displayer of wares on a large basket2 is a seller of colors, of various colors, of dyes; a man who piles [small baskets of color] on a large basket. He sells dried pigment, bars of cochineal pigment, cochineal mixed with chalk or flour, [pure] cochineal; light yellow, sky blue pigment; chalk, lampblack, dark blue pigment; alum, axin, chicle, bitumen-mixed chicle, red ochre; tlilxochitl,3 mecaxochitl,4 uei nacaztli5 teonacaztli;6 opossum,7 opossum tail; small herbs, small roots; bitumen, resin, copal; nacazcolotl,8 *quimichpatli;9 a blue coloring made from blossoms; sulfate of copper, iron pyrites.
\nThe seller of rabbit-hair [material] is a dyer, a user of dyes, a dyer [of material] in many colors. [Sometimes he is] a user of faded colors, who dresses [the material] with ashes. He sells the good rabbit-hair [material]—well prepared, harmonious,
\nRead quinamaca.↩
Corresponding Spanish text: ”El que vende las colores que pone encima de vn cesto grande … cada genero de color ponelo, en vn cestillo encima del grande”↩
Tlilxochitl: Vanilla planifolia (Santamaría, op. cit., III, p. 188).↩
Mecaxochitl: Piper amalago L. (ibid., II, p. 265).↩
Uei nacaztli: Cymbopetalum penduliflorum (Dunal) Baill. (Emmart, op. cit., p. 315).↩
Teonacaztli: same as uei nacaztli, according to Emmart, loc. cit. In Sahagún (Garibay ed.), IV, pp. 336, 356, uei nacaztli is Chiranthrodendron pentadactylon Lan., and teonacaztli is Cymbopetalum penduliflorum.↩
Identification of mammals is based mainly on Martin del Campo: “Ensayo de interpretación del Libro de la Historia General de las Cosas de Nueva España, de Fray Bernardino de Sahagún,” III, “Los Mamíferos,” Anales del Instituto de Biología, XII, I (1941), pp. 489–506, and Bernardo Villa R.: “Mamíferos Silvestres del Valle de México,” Anales del Instituto de Biología, XXIII, Nos. 1, 2 (1952), pp. 269–492. In personal communication Dr. Stephen D. Durrant, Professor of Zoology at the University of Utah, has supplied English names. In some cases he has supplied the current taxonomy.—Tlaquatl, tlaquatzin: Didelphis marsupialis californica Bennet, Villa., op. cit., p. 308.↩
Nacazcolotl: Caesalpina corierea, according to Sahagún, op. cit., p. 344; gall nuts (Spanish text).↩
Quimichpatli: in Martínez, op. cit., p. 182 (quimixpatli), Buddleia sessiliflora H. B. K.; Santamaría, op. cit., II, p. 551, Sebadilla officinarum Gray.↩
Tochomitl: rabbit hair (Molina, op. cit.; Rémi Siméon, op. cit.). Corresponding Spanish text heads this section ”El que es tintorero” and describes variously dyed wool. In Santamaría, op. cit., III, p. 191, tochomite is especie de estambre de lana de colores; in his Diccionario de Mejicanismos (Méjico: Editorial Porrúa, S. A., 1959), p. 1064, a citation from Trens (Méjico de antaño, 145) refers to lanas hiladas y torcidas. Elsewhere we have seen some justification for translating tochomitl as rabbit fur, or as dyed fur.↩