Note 772 — Chapter XVIII · ARCHITECTURE AND DWELLINGS OF THE NAHUAS.
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'Que se mandaban por la parte de adentro, por unas escaleras de madera movedizas.' Ixtlilxochitl, Hist. Chich., in Kingsborough's Mex. Antiq., vol. ix., p. 245. Acosta states that the towers were ascended by 120 steps. Hist. de las Ynd., p. 334. The towers were made of 'artesones.' Gomara, Conq. Mex., fol. 119. Brasseur de Bourbourg states that the outside of the walls was painted with various figures and monsters, but this seems to be a misinterpretation of Gomara, who places the paintings on the inside. Hist. Nat. Civ., tom. iii., p. 660. Bernal Diaz says, besides, that the towers were 'todas blanqueando.' Hist. Conq., fol. 70.