CODEX ZANI-COSPI

CODEX BORGIA;

 

CODEX FEJE`RVA`RY-MAYER

   

pp. 1 to 8

CB, pp. 1 to 8.

1.

1.

2. 2 entwined snakes

2. 2 entwined snakes

3. god walking, holding staff

3. man walking, holding staff

4. Macuil Xochitl

4. goddess (wife of Macuil Xochitl?)

5. man looking backwards

5. god looking backwards

6. man cutting own throat

6. man cutting own throat

7. deer-headed god with raccoon on back

7.

8. bowls

8. bowls

9. waterfall from white scaly shell

9. waterfall through white scaly tail

10. pot enclosed by striped device

10. pot enclosed by striped rope

11. naked yellow man holding snake

11. naked yellow man holding snake

12. woman (?) holding split scepter

12. woman holding split scepter

13. white flag

13. white flag

14. flower-tipped staff

14. flowery speech

15. rope around neck of man

15. rope around neck of man

holding snake

holding snake

16. claw (?); hand; flowers

16. paw; flowers

17. man holding flower-tipped staff

17. woman holding flower-tipped cudgel

18. snake cut through with knifeblade

18. snake; knifeblade

19. yellow pot

19. yellow pot

20. eye-on-nerve as head of man

 

having on his arm a maniple and

20. maniple on arm

holding knife

holding knife

21. ray (?) out of vessel

21. ray out of vessel

22. horned (?) Cipactli;

22. one-horned Cipactli;

upward-reaching leopard-paw

upward-reaching leopard-paw

betwixt 2 knifeblades

betwixt 2 knifeblades

23. bird over man with staff and

23. quetzal upon man with staff and

backpack

backpack

24. naked man encircled by snake

24. naked man strangling self with rope

25. gold balls on shield

25. gold balls on band

26. deer-headed temple,

26. broken temple,

man (?) within

man within

27. yellow deity with

27. yellow maize-goddess with

blue eyebrow

blue-encircled eye

28. couple (?) under

28. couple at crossroads under

downward-facing night-sky goddess

downward facing woman

29. arm on plate; blue bowl

29. paw on plate; blue bowl

with 2 flowers

with 2 flowers

30. yellow-bearded god

30. man

31. snake descending from sky

31. 2 snakes descending from sky

toward blue bowl

toward blue bowl

32. bundle (?) with 4 flowers

32. bundle with 4 flowers

33. snake entering white vessel

33. snake entering white vessel

34. man holding snake

34. man holding snake

35. on bowl, head of Tlatlauhqui

35. on bowl, head on Yayauhqui

Tezcatlipoca facing upward,

Tezcatlipoca facing upward,

his eye approached by spear

his eye pierced by spear

36. betwixt striped devices, a knifeblade;

36. betwixt striped ropes, a knifeblade;

downward-reaching leopard-paw

downward-reaching leopard-paw

37. red man holding tufted ball

38. tufted ball

38. 2 snakes descending from sky

37. 2 snakes descending from sky

39. bound man

39. bound man vomitting

40. water (?) poured

40. flowery bleeding

41. god being cooked alive in cauldron

41. dead man being cooked in cauldron

42. eagle eating bleeding heart

42. bleeding vessel

43. crossbones in sky with 2 stars (eyen?);

43. crossbones; 2 eyen;

heart-face

heart-face

44. owl

44. owl on hill

45. sprig;

45. maize-plant;

heads

netted bundle [cf. net-with-heads, p. 17]

46. stack of lumber behind red man

46. stack of lumber in red-rimmed basket

47. Tlaloc emergent

47. man emergent from conch-shell

48. arm on plate; white vessel

48. paw on stand; white vessel

49. leg (?) with flower

49. leg with flower

50. falling man,

50. man falling into stepped pit

tailed (or, umbilical cord?)

{cf. descent from heaven via

 

umbilical cord (African myth)}

51. flowery blood; mask (?)

51. flowery blood; mask

52. god

52.

53. enthroned red king holding rod

53. enthroned white vessel

54. hummingbird feeding from flower

54. quetzal eating grain

at temple

at temple

55. descending Tlaloc holding ax

55. arm holding ax

56. walking blue-clad woman

56. standing blue-clad woman

holding ball-ornamented device

 

57. yellow death god looking upwards

57.

58. enthroned man

58. enthroned man

59. blue death-god

59. yellow death-god

60. quetzal over temple

61. quetzal descending into temple

61. scorpion

60. scorpion

62. naked yellow death-god

 

looking upward

 

63. enthroned man holding knife

62. enthroned man holding knife

64. 2 streams of blood from sun;

63. stream of blood from sun;

on hill, heart pierced by spear

on hill, heart pierced by spear

65. blue band grasped by arm

64. blue band; Xipe Totec

66. white rope grasped by arm,

 

drilling (?)

65. drilling unto newt (?)

67. black-headed yellow death-god

67. blue death-god

looking upward

 

and grasping hairlock of trophy-head

grasping white hairlock of prisoner

68. woman holding ax

69. woman holding ax

69. yellow-rimmed red-head god

68. man

holding knife

holding knife

70. blood-defaecating red death-god

 

(upside-down, face upwards)

70. upside-down man, swallowed by skull

71. bird descending toward

71. bird descending toward

grain in bowl with 2 flowers

grain in bowl with 2 flowers

72. arm holding ax and head

72. arm holding ax and head

73. arm emergent from conch

73. man emergent from conch

74. in temple, woman (?) with

74. in temple, woman drinking from

flowery bowl

bowl of flowery beverage (honey?)

75. enthroned man holding spear

75. enthroned man holding spear

76. vomitting red man, holding rope,

76. vomitting red man, rope-bound,

on bone

on bone seat

77. enthroned tree-goddess

 

with flowery pot

77. flowery pot

78. red-headed yellow goddess

 

holding staff with both her hands

78. man with his arms crossed

79. blue death-god looking upward

79. yellow death-god

80. arm holding ax of haft whereon

80. arm holding ax on haft whereon

is spitted a heart

is spitted a heart

81. enstooled man

81. enthroned man

82. array of spears; bird-headed staff

82. array of spears

83. red death-god (upside-down,

83. man being swallowed by

face upwards)

upward-facing death-goddess

84. bird descending to grain

84. quetzal descending to grain

betwixt red flags

betwixt red flags

85. from sun, stream of blood descending

85. from sun, stream of blood descending

via spear-pierced heart to head of

via spear-pierced heart to head of

Tlatlauhqui Tezcatlipoca

Yayauhqui Tezcatlipoca on hill

86. red god of yellow plant

86. man

87. under sky, arm holding spear

87. under sky, arm holding spear

88. enthroned man; over him a bird

88. enthroned man; upon his head a bird,

with protrusive tongue

pecking (cowbird, delousing)

89. yellow death-god, looking upward

89. yellow death-god, looking upward

90. white-clad arm

90. arm

91. blood from above; crested bird

91. blood from above; macaw on perch

92. red man descending from sun

92. red man descending from sun

93. enthroned person with

93. enthroned man with

flower-chain in hair

flower-chain in hair

94. wrap, below arm grasping spear,

94. wrap, below arm grasping spear,

below sun

below sun

95. blue

95. bound blue death-god grasped by

upwards-looking death-god

upwards-looking death-god

96. enthroned person

96. enthroned Macuil Xochitl

97. man in sundered temple

97. man hovering in sundered temple

98. array of spears

98. array of spears

99. naked man in broken temple

99. naked man in broken temple

100. enthroned man holding cup

100. enthroned man; cup

101. red-headed blue death-god

101. yellow death-god

looking upward

looking upward

102. enthroned person with

102. enthroned man with

flower-chain in hair

flower-chain in hair

103. temple

103. temple

104. temple with grain-eating bird

104. temple with grain-eating quetzal

   

pp. 9 to 11

CB, pp. 53 & 54 [cf.CB, p. 39]

1. bird-helmeted maize-god is pierced

3. bird-helmeted maize-god is pierced

by green death-god

 

2. Chalchihuitlicue is pierced

1. Chalchihuitlicue is pierced

by white death-god

 
 

2. Yayauhqui Tezcatlipoca at

3. mountain-spring is pierced

double-hill-spring is pierced

by yellow death-god

 

4. liana-throne of hummingbird, pierced

4. stool is pierced

by brown death-god

 

5. leopard is pierced

[CD, p. 47. pierced puma]

5. shield-and-spears, pierced

 

by blue death-god

   
   

pp. 12 & 13: 4 temples

CFM, pp. 33 & 34: 4 temples

1. Ixquimilli

2. Ixquimilli

2. Tonatiuh

1. Tonatiuh

3. Centeotl

3. Centeotl

4. black Mictlantecuhtli

4. Mictlantecuhtli

   
   

pp. 14 to 17: 4 bee-gods (drones)

{Hobnil the Ba-cab}

each of the 4 hath # 11

CFM, p. 5. Xochipilli & bee with # 11

   
   

p. 18 & 19: 2 striped snail deities

 
   
   

p. 18 Tonacatecuhtli

 
   
   

p. 19 Tlazolteotl

 
   
   

pp. 20 to 24: 5 tortoise-gods

 

these are the 5 Tezcatlipoca-s,

 

including:--

 

p. 20 Huitzilopochtli,

CFM, p. 18. Huitzilopochtli

born as skeleton

born as skeleton