The ancient cities of the New World : being travels and explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882 . ISOKTUEKN IACADE Ol< THE NUNNERY Ul ClUCHEN-lTZA. corridor shows no trace of ornamentation, save over the doors,where gigantic warriors arc sculptured. The principal ornorthern fa9ade must have been very striking when Landa sawit in 1560. Our photograph shows its dilapidated condition, butit can easily be reconstructed. It consists of a portico supportedby two massive columns connected by wooden lintels, resembling. LEFT WING OK THE NUNNERY OF CHICHEN-ITZA. Chichen-Itza. 341 t
The ancient cities of the New World : being travels and explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882 . ISOKTUEKN IACADE Ol< THE NUNNERY Ul ClUCHEN-lTZA. corridor shows no trace of ornamentation, save over the doors,where gigantic warriors arc sculptured. The principal ornorthern fa9ade must have been very striking when Landa sawit in 1560. Our photograph shows its dilapidated condition, butit can easily be reconstructed. It consists of a portico supportedby two massive columns connected by wooden lintels, resembling. LEFT WING OK THE NUNNERY OF CHICHEN-ITZA. Chichen-Itza. 341 that in the Nunnery ; this [jortico gives access to a gallery whichoccupies the whole width of the building. A large room, whichmust have been the sanctuary, is entered by the only openingout of the gallery, while two pillars with square capitals supporteda double corbel vault. Here the stairway was wider, and oneach side, forming a balustrade, is a gigantic plumed serpent,whose head and protruding tongue run down the balustrade. Allthese columns, pillars, and wooden lintels, are covered withsculptures and bas-reliefs, the impressions of which kept us closelyat work for several days. As in Mexico, Palenque, and Tula, there were no doorsproperly so called at Chichen, and no traces of hinges are found ;but a bamboo or wickerwork screen was suspended across theentrance, and secured at night with a bar. The inner roomswere divided off by hangings, which probably also served tocover the windows. We notice everywhere the small hole
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