[he]cho, a las cuales llamaban aztapilpétlatl, que quiere decir "petates blancos jaspeados de juncias blancas y verdes". Después de haber tentido estos petates o esteras, luego se aderezaban los sátrapas de los ídolos para hacer sus oficios. Vestíanse una xaqueta que ellos llamaban xicolli, de tela pintada, y poníanse en la mano, en el brazo izquierdo, un manípulo a la manera de los que usan los sacerdotes de la iglesia, que ellos llaman matacaxtli. Luego tomaban en la mano izquierda una talega con copal, y tomaban en la mano derecha el incensario, que ellos llaman tlémaitl, que es hecho de barro cocido a manera de cazo o sartenexa. Luego, ansí aderezados, salíanse al patio del cu. Puestos en medio del patio tomaban brasas en sus incensarios, y echaban sobre ellas copal, y incensaban hacia las cuatro partes del mundo: oriente, septentrión, occidente, mediodía. Habiendo incensado, vaciaban las brasas en los braseros altos que siempre ardían de noche en el patio, tan altos como un estado o poco menos, y tan gruesos que dos hombres apenas los podían abrazar. El sátrapa que había ofrecido el encienso, acabado su oficio, entrábase en el calmécac, que era como sacristía, y allí ponía sus ornamentos. Luego comenzaban los sátrapas a ofrecer delante del hogar unas bolillas de masa. Cada uno ofrecía cuatro. Poníanlas todas sobre los petates
\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":"1fe3fa90-573e-45d5-9137-894e6d99ee0e","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":"which they called _aztapilpetlatl_, which means “spotted white _petates_ made of white and green reeds.” Once they had spread out these _petates_, or reed mats, the satraps of the idols would immediately dress themselves in order to perform their services. They would wear a jacket that they called _xicolli_, made of painted cloth; and they would put on their hand—on the left arm—a maniple like those that the priests of the church use, which they called _matacaxtli_. Then they would hold a bag of copal in their left hand while holding in their right hand the incense burner, which they call _tlemaitl_, which is made of baked clay shaped in the form of a casserole or a pan. Then, dressed in this manner, they would go out to the patio of the _cu_. Placing themselves in the middle of the patio, they would then put embers in their incense burners, throw copal on top of [the embers], and begin incensing toward the four corners of the world: east, north, west, and south. After they incensed thus, they would empty the embers into the tall braziers that were always burning at night in the patio, which were as high as one _estado_ or a bit less[^98] and were so wide that two men could barely embrace them around. Once he had finished his office, the satrap who had offered the incense would enter the _calmecac_, which was like a sacristy, and leave his ornaments there. Then the satraps would begin to make offerings of some little balls of dough in front of the hearth. Each one would offer four [of these balls]. They would place them all on top of the reed _petates_, \n\n\n[^98]: The _estado_, or _estadal_, is equivalent to 3.34 meters.","html":"which they called aztapilpetlatl, which means “spotted white petates made of white and green reeds.” Once they had spread out these petates, or reed mats, the satraps of the idols would immediately dress themselves in order to perform their services. They would wear a jacket that they called xicolli, made of painted cloth; and they would put on their hand—on the left arm—a maniple like those that the priests of the church use, which they called matacaxtli. Then they would hold a bag of copal in their left hand while holding in their right hand the incense burner, which they call tlemaitl, which is made of baked clay shaped in the form of a casserole or a pan. Then, dressed in this manner, they would go out to the patio of the cu. Placing themselves in the middle of the patio, they would then put embers in their incense burners, throw copal on top of [the embers], and begin incensing toward the four corners of the world: east, north, west, and south. After they incensed thus, they would empty the embers into the tall braziers that were always burning at night in the patio, which were as high as one estado or a bit less1 and were so wide that two men could barely embrace them around. Once he had finished his office, the satrap who had offered the incense would enter the calmecac, which was like a sacristy, and leave his ornaments there. Then the satraps would begin to make offerings of some little balls of dough in front of the hearth. Each one would offer four [of these balls]. They would place them all on top of the reed petates,
\nThe estado, or estadal, is equivalent to 3.34 meters.↩
[muchichi]chioa in tlenamacac, conmaquja yn ixicol, yoan conaquja yn iopuchcopa, itoca matacaxtli:
\nyoan itlan conana in copalxiqujpilli, yoan concuj in itlema: njman ie ic tlenamaca, qujiaoac oalmoquetza, itoalco oalmoquetza:
\nnauhcampa in conjaoa yn tlenamacac: auh in ie iuhquj, contema tlequazco tlexochtli, mec calaquj, onmotlalia tlecujlixquac:\nvncan contema nauhtetl ynepapatlaia, ventelolotli, cencan tlamatzin, cencan juja, cencan matca in contlalia: intla centetl oqujmjmjlo, ic caci, yc axioa, conjlhuja in tlamacazque.
\nOtimjtzacique tlamacazque, ca otitlamjmjlo.
\nAuh in tlenamacac, mec calaquj: njman ic motlatlalia, moxixitinja, moueueloa; njman ic onmoiacatia yn ixqujchtin tlamacazque, ceceiaca cõtlalitimanj yn jnnepapatlaia, in ventelolotli.
\nAuh in cequjnti xitomatl, anoço izoatomatl in concaoaia nauhtetl: auh in cequjntin chilchotl in contemaia, nauj:\ncenca vellachielo, vel neixpetzolo, vel neixpepetzalo, yn açaca tlamjmjloz, yn açaca tlaoliniz, yn açaca tlamapetoniz, yn açaca tlamaxopeoaz. Auh intla aca otlamjmjlo, caci, conjximati, conmachiotia:
\nyoan intla aca
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\nAnd with it he took the incense bag, and [in his right hand] he took his incense ladle. Thereupon he offered incense. He stood forth at the entrance; he stood forth in the courtyard.
\nThe fire priest raised2 it to the four directions. And when this was done, he cast the coals into the brazier. He then went in; he sat before the hearth.
\nThere in his turn he laid down four offering-balls of dough made of maize. Very cautiously, very gently, very warily he placed them. If he made one of them roll, they seized him because of it; he was seized because of it. The offering priests said unto him:
\n“We offering priests have detained thee, for thou hast rolled it.”
\nAnd the fire priest then went within. Then he sat down; he undid, he removed [his adornment]. Then all the offering priests came forward; each one in turn was setting in place the offering-balls of dough.
\nAnd some left four large tomatoes, or else small ones,3 and some spread out four green chilis.4
\nVery well were they watched; closely were they watched; closely were they continually watched in case perchance someone might roll something, in case he might move something, in case perchance someone might displace something with his hand, in case perchance someone might knock something with his hand. And if someone rolled something, they detained him, they discovered him, they marked him.
\nAnd if
\nmatacaxtli: see Chapter 24, n. 25.↩
Sahagún (Garibay ed., Vol.I, p.308) distinguishes three grades of priests—“tlamacazton (que) es como acólito; …tlamacazque, que es como diácono;… tlanamácac, que es como sacerdote. De estos sacerdotes los mejores elegían por sumos pontífices….”↩
Francisco Hernandez, Historia de las Plantas de Nueva España, 3 vols. (Mexico: Imprenta Universitaria, 1942–46), Vol. III, p. 699: “…son mayores que avellanas aunque menores que las nueces, están encerrados en una membrana a modo de vejiga,… y pasan del verde al amarillo o al púrpura….” Physalis sp.?↩
nanavi in the Real Palacio MS.↩