SAHAGUN says “it was ascended by steps very narrow and straight.”
ANONIMO (Tlaltelolco ?)—120–130 steps on one side only.
IXTLILXOCHITL—160 steps.
BERNAL DÍAZ (Tlaltelolco ?)—114 steps.
CORTÉS—over 100 steps.
TORQUEMADA—113 steps on the West side only.
MOTOLINIA—over 100 steps on the West side.
DURAN—120 steps on the West side.
Torquemada says that the steps were each one foot high, and Duran
describes the difficulty of raising the image and litter of the God from
the ground to the platform on the top of the Teocalli owing to the
steepness of the steps and the narrowness of the tread.
=The sides and back of the Teocalli= were in the form of great steps.
CORTÉS says that there were 3 or 4 ledges or passages one pace wide.
BERNAL DÍAZ—5 recesses (concavidades).
Both the pictures show four ledges.
The Anonymous Conqueror gives the width of the ledges as two paces.