çatepan ipan onmitzontiuh in colotli, onmotzinmecapachotiuh, onmomecatoctitiuh: ic ie no cuele contoquilia in quetzalpuztec tlauipantli: auh niman ic tlauhquechol, isquamul muchioa, iztac ihuitl molonqui ic onmotzinpachoa much achto mouipana, çatepan colotitech ommiitzontiuh, ça much iuh iecaui, in oc cequi tlauiztli ic muchioa.
\nAuh intla itla ioioli, ioioliton motlali: achto moxima in equimitl, in tzonpanquauitl, ic momiiotia. Auh intla çan ioioli, in iuhqui cuetzpalton, anoço cincocopi, anoço papalotl, iehoatl momiiotia in ooaquauitl, anoço amatlapilintli, çatepan pani mooaquauhtesxotia, tzacutica tlapololli in ooaquauhtestli ic mopepechoa in amatlapilintli, çatepan michiqui, moteçouiia, ic moiectlalia, ic xipetziui: auh çatepan pani mochcauia ipan ommicuiloa, in uncan motlatlamachitiuh, inic mopepechotiuh ihuitl: itech mana in quenami
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"9a523d4b-cd5a-4ac6-8670-47dee55a8218","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":"then they went to be sewn on to the frame, pressed, reinforced at their bases with cord, so that they followed the interrupted sequence of quetzal feathers. And then red spoonbill formed the border covered at the bottom with white, soft feathers. All were first set in order; then they went sewn on the frame. All were so completed; the rest of the devices were thus made.\n\nAnd if some animal, a small animal, were to be made, first was carved *colorín* wood[^22] to make its skeleton. But if it were only a small creature like a small lizard, or a dragon-fly,[^23] or a butterfly, this was given a skeleton of dried maize stalk, or strips of paper; then the outside was covered with pulverized maize stalk made into a dough with glue. The powdered maize stalk thus formed a covering over the strips of paper. Then it was scraped, it was rubbed, with a piece of porous, volcanic stone,[^24] by which it was made handsome, smooth. And then, on the surface, it was covered with a lining of cotton on which was the design, the design to be worked, so that it served as a basis for the feathers. On this was placed whatsoever \n\n\n\n\n[^22]: Santamaría, *op. cit*., I, 615 (*equimite*); III, 321 (*zompancle*); they are the same tree (*Erythrina coralloides, E. americana*), known also as *colorín*. See also Anderson and Dibble, *op. cit*., Book XII, p. 100, n. 7. The light, white wood is now used to make corks, etc. Cf. also Seler, *Collected Works*, II, Pt. 3, p. 174. Maxímino Martínez, in *Las plantas medicinales de México* (México: Ediciones Botas, 1933), pp. 74–75, discusses the toxic qualities of the seeds. Seler, “L’orfèvrerie,” p. 438, has *Budleia salicifolia*.\n\n\n[^23]: However, cf. *Florentine Codex*, XI, cap. 13, fol. 248*v*, gloss: *”Mayz falso que parece mayz y no lo es.”* Seler, *loc. cit.*:* l’image de la plante de maïs*; Sahagún, *op. cit*., III, p. 86: *libelula*.\n\n\n[^24]: Cf. Molina, *op. cit., teçontli*.","html":"then they went to be sewn on to the frame, pressed, reinforced at their bases with cord, so that they followed the interrupted sequence of quetzal feathers. And then red spoonbill formed the border covered at the bottom with white, soft feathers. All were first set in order; then they went sewn on the frame. All were so completed; the rest of the devices were thus made.
\nAnd if some animal, a small animal, were to be made, first was carved colorín wood1 to make its skeleton. But if it were only a small creature like a small lizard, or a dragon-fly,2 or a butterfly, this was given a skeleton of dried maize stalk, or strips of paper; then the outside was covered with pulverized maize stalk made into a dough with glue. The powdered maize stalk thus formed a covering over the strips of paper. Then it was scraped, it was rubbed, with a piece of porous, volcanic stone,3 by which it was made handsome, smooth. And then, on the surface, it was covered with a lining of cotton on which was the design, the design to be worked, so that it served as a basis for the feathers. On this was placed whatsoever
\nSantamaría, op. cit., I, 615 (equimite); III, 321 (zompancle); they are the same tree (Erythrina coralloides, E. americana), known also as colorín. See also Anderson and Dibble, op. cit., Book XII, p. 100, n. 7. The light, white wood is now used to make corks, etc. Cf. also Seler, Collected Works, II, Pt. 3, p. 174. Maxímino Martínez, in Las plantas medicinales de México (México: Ediciones Botas, 1933), pp. 74–75, discusses the toxic qualities of the seeds. Seler, “L’orfèvrerie,” p. 438, has Budleia salicifolia.↩
However, cf. Florentine Codex, XI, cap. 13, fol. 248v, gloss: ”Mayz falso que parece mayz y no lo es.” Seler, loc. cit.:* l’image de la plante de maïs; Sahagún, *op. cit., III, p. 86: libelula.↩
Cf. Molina, op. cit., teçontli.↩