Motolinea says the Teocalli at Tenayoca measured 40 × =222·56 ×
40 Brazas 222·56
The measurements are rather vague. The Anonymous Conqueror’s
measurements may refer to the Teocalli at Tlatelolco and the length may
have included the Apetlac or forecourt. Torquemada may be suspected of
exaggeration. Tezozomoc was not an eye-witness and Bernal Díaz’s
estimate of six large Solares is only an approximation.
In Tracing A_{2} I have taken 300 × 300 English feet as the measurement
of the base of the Teocalli.
Orientation of the Great Teocalli.
SAHAGUN Facing the West.
TORQUEMADA Its back to the East, “_which is the practice the large
Temples ought to follow_.”
MOTOLINEA The ascent and steps are on the West side.
TEZOZOMOC The principal face looked South.
IXTLILXOCHITL Facing the West.
I think the evidence of Sahagun, Torquemada, Motolinia, and
Ixtlilxochitl must be accepted as outweighing that of Tezozomoc, who
also says that the pyramidal foundation was ascended by steps on three
sides, a statement that is not supported by any other authority and
which received no confirmation from the description of the attack on the
Teocalli as given by Cortés and Bernal Díaz.