cap.:v.

Mas^ali^m

Codex Borgianus Mexicanus

p.

18:21

"Death ... in the power of the tongue"

dying stag with protruding tongue

22 high left

19:5

"shall not escape"

slain stag

22 high right

20:1

"Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging"

water-spring {into the water-well, Midas commingled wine, in order to catch Seilenos (according to Theopompos, AD 2.25c)}

22 low right

20:5

"Counsel in the heart"

most pretious heart-blood of the saviour

22 low left

20:15

"the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel"

upwards trending lips of Ehecatl the pretious

23 low right

20:17

"his mouth shall be filled with gravel"

bird-beaked god {birds intake gravel into their gizzards}

23 low centre

21:1

"rivers of water"

pool of water

23 low left

21:8

"froward and strange"

leopard seizing sky

24 low right

21:16

"shall remain in the congregation of the dead"

naked man falling headlong into antler-region {cf. antler held by Lappish man-in-the-moon; cf. moon as Neo-Platonic abode of souls (psykhe) of the dead}

24 low centre

21:20

"There is ... oil in the dwelling of the wise" [for anointing the skin?]

Xipe Totec wearing human skin

24 low left

22:7

"lender"

red man wearing bib

24 mid left

23:10

"the antient landmark"

reptile-mouth-rooted tree

24 mid centre

23:11

"shall plead their cause"

blowing a conch-shell trumpet

24 mid right

23:26

"let thine eyen observe"

sun-god looking upward at, and observing, the starry sky

23 mid left

23:29

"who hath wounds without cause?"

god slicing own throat

23 mid centre

24:2

"their heart studieth destruction"

death-god (god of destruction) displayeth own heart

23 mid right

24:7

"openeth not his mouth"

finger in mouth (for whistling)

23 high right

25:4

"a vessel for the refiner"

a pierced pot

23 high centre

25:12

"earring of gold"

goddess wearing golden nose-ornament

23 high left

25:13

"snow"

old man with bent back {cf. Quetzalcoatl’s hunchbacks who died in the snow}

24 high right

25:16

"honey"

owl-headed god {cf. owl at storage of honey (GM 90.d)}

24 high centre

25:21

"give him bread to eat; and ...

maize-plant

24 high left

25:22

fire upon his head"

enwrapped by fiery-venomed snake

" " "

26:18

"casteth ... arrows"

dart-throwers for hurling darts

25

26:23

"Burning lips"

smoking lip

25 low right

27:2

"not thine own lips"

lips are sealed

25 high right

27:10

"thy calamity"

Earthquake-sign (Ollin)

25 centre

27:13

"Take his garment"

garmentless (naked) men with

26

27:16

"He would hide ... the wind"

gas (farts) emerging from their buttocks

"

27:17

"a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend"

rain falleth betwixt twain upward-facing helmet-wearing midgets [wit-sharpening court-jesters?]

27 centre

27:18

"Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof"

insects (high right) and rodents (low left) eat of the maize-crop

27

27:19

"in water face answereth to face"

rain falleth onto the faces of women

28

27:21

"refining pot"

foaming pot

29

" "

"furnace"

rayed disk {cf. control-rods in nuclear reactor?}

30

27:22

"a fool in a mortar"

black gods upon bowls

31 high right

27:25

"tendre grass"

grass-backed blindfolded goddess

31 high left

28:1

"The wicked flee"

black gods descend [fleeingly?]

31 middle

28:3

"a sweeping rain"

skull-headed goddesses pour water out of jars

31 low right

28:8

"usury and unjust gain" {capital gains}

humans headhunt deities; deities headhunt humans

32

28:9

"his ear"

rabbit in the moon

33 top

28:15

"a roaring lion"

a roaring beast-headed god

33 mid right

28:17

"shall hasten his steps unto the pit"

heroes stepping out of a pit

33 high left

28:24

"robbeth his father or his mother"

a child between father and mother

33 high right

28:26

"trusteth in his own heart"

twain hearts are extracted from a god

33 mid left

" "

"whoso walketh wisely"

red god on staircase of temple

33 low

28:27

"he that hideth his eyen"

conch-wearing gods whose eyen extend out of their sockets

34 mid left & right

29:1

"hardeneth his neck"

round device [brace?] at nape of neck of crocodile-pelt-attired god

35 mid left

29:3

"spreadeth a net for his steps"

out of a sacred bundle’s net step forth diverse supernaturals

36

29:6

"the righteous doth sing"

a god doth sing with avian voice

37 mid left

29:8

"set a city in a blaze"

the apex of the head of Stripe-Eye blazeth

38 low right

29:13

"giveth light"

in a ray of light, a hero is transported downward from heaven

38 mid right

29:25

"snare"

women are trapped by their walking into the mouth of a reptilian

39

30:1

yaQeH [cf. /QaHah/ ‘Blunt, Dull’]

acupuncture is performed on black god

40

" "

>agur (‘Being Ingathered’)

the blood from the penis of Stripe-Eye the Speckled is collected

41

" "

>iti^->el (‘Having Arriven’)

having arriven at his destination, Stripe-Eye the Speckled is slaughtered

42 upper

" "

>ukal (‘Being Devoured’)

the corpse of Stripe-Eye the Speckled engendreth cross-hair folk, one of whom is boiled in a cauldron [praeparatory to being devoured]

42 low left

30:14

"their jaw-teeth as knives"

jaw-teeth are fangs

43 centre

30:15

horseleech (a blood-sucker)

vampire-bat with torrent of blood

44

30:16

"the grave"

dismembred human body

44 corners

30:17

"The eye that mocketh ... the ravens of the valley shall pick it out"

birds pecking out the eyen of

44 mid right; & bottom

30:19

"a ship in the midst of the sea"

squared-off dragon-bodied deities {cf. the serpent ridden as a raft by Quetzalcoatl}

" " " "

30:33

"churning of milk"

churning of milk

45 mid right

" "

"wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood"

man having bleeding haimerrhoids [caused by a praeternatural event (as I have several times experienced) {much as is the nosebleed characteristic of Siberian shamans}]

45 bottom

31:1

Lmo^>el (/l/ ‘for’ + /mo^>l/ ‘front’)

gods hold puppets in front of themselves

46 high, left & right

31:10

"A woman ... her price is far above rubies"

goddess ariseth out of a red gem

47 mid registre right

31:21

"She is ... clothed with scarlet"

red goddess clad in red

48 low registre centre

cap.:v.

>iyob

Codex Borgianus Mexicanus

p.

3:6

"As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it"

darkness

47 high registre right

cap.:v.

S^ir ha-S^iri^m

Codex Borgianus Mexicanus

p.

1:6

"the sun"

temple of the sun

49 low registre

2:2

"among thorns"

spiny cactus-plant

50 low registre

4:2

"Thy teeth"

tobacco [to be chewed]

51 low registre

4:16

"Awake, O! ... wind"

wind-god Ehecatl

51 high registre right

5:10-1

"My beloved is ... ruddy ... . His head is as the most fine gold"

red skeletal god having golden spots on head and on body

52 low registre

cap.:v.

Rut

Codex Borgianus Mexicanus

p.

1:4

>arpah (‘Neck’ woman)

woman having her eyen closed

53 low registre left

1:5

Mah.lo^n (‘Sick’); Kilyo^n (‘Pining, Wasting-Away’)

two gods having their eyen closed [to indicate sickness]

54 low registre

4:8

"he drew off his shoe"

traveling heroes

55 upper 2 registres

cap.:v.

>e^kah

Codex Borgianus Mexicanus

p.

1:1

"How is she become as a widow!"

Tlazolteotl the goddess of prostitution

55 low registre left

cap.:v.

Qohelet

Codex Borgianus Mexicanus

p.

3:2

"a time to be born, and a time to die;

god of life & god of death, back-to-back

56

" "

a time to plant ...;

plant-deity in vase

57 low registre right

3:3

a time to kill ...;

tomahawk wielded; human skull

57 low registre left

3:5

... a time to refrain from embracing;

divine couple turned away from each other

57 high registre right

3:6

a time to seek ...; ...

couple, each grasping [seeking?] a child

57 high registre left

3:7

a time to rend, and

couple rending (severing) their children’s necks

58 low registre right

" "

a time to sew;

awl [for sewing?]

58 low registre centre

" "

... a time to speak;

husband speaking to his wife

58 low registre left

3:8

a time to love, and

husband and wife bringing produce together

59 low registre right

" "

a time to hate;

husband and wife resisting each other

59 low registre centre

" "

a time for war, and

having exposed-ribs (similar to corpse of one slain)

59 low registre left

" "

a time for peace."

wife with mask of man’s face [at peace with men?]

60 low registre right

3:18

"men ... are but as beasts"

husband is attired in leopard-pelt

60 low registre centre

4:2

"I praised the dead"

playing musical instruments

60 low registre left

5:12

"riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt"

putting a string of gems into a storage-jar

60 mid registre left

6:7

"labour of man is for his mouth"

fleshless-jawed couple

60 mid registre centre

6:10

"the name thereof was given"

giving food to a pet bird

60 mid registre right

7:3

"Vexation is better"

wife facing away from her husband [because she is vexed]

59 mid registre left

7:8

"the patient in spirit"

flowery-cheeked couple

59 mid registre centre

7:9

"hasty in thy spirit to be angry"

wife is uttering enraged speech

59 mid registre right

7:21

"thine own heart knoweth"

couple each holding a bleeding heart

59 high registre right

7:26

"woman, whose ... hands are as bands"

wife grasping her husband by his hair

59 high registre left

8:1

"the boldness of his face is changed"

being swallowed headfirst by a living skull

60 high registre right

8:12

"a sinner ... prolongeth his days"

couple both attain old age

60 high registre left