Aids to the Study of the Maya Codices: Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-85, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 253-372Thomas, Cyrus
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Aids to the Study of the Maya Codices: Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-85, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 253-372
Thomas, Cyrus
Codex Dresdensis Maya; Maya language
These examples are sufficient to show that the series of the Manuscript
Troano are arranged upon the same plan and based upon the same system as
those of the Dresden Codex. The following examples from the Codex
Cortesianus prove the same thing to be true in reference to the series
found in it.
The first is taken from the lower division of Plates 10 and 11, Rosny's
reproduction:
XIII
Ahau } 11, XI; 5, III; 5, VIII; 5, XIII; 9, IX; 3, XII; 6, V;
Chicchan } 1, VI; X, XIII.
Oc
Men
The S in the line of numerals represents the usual symbol for 20. The sum
of the black numbers is 65, the interval between the days 65, and the
last red numeral the same as that over the day column, thus agreeing in
plan with those in the other codices.
The following double column series is found in the middle division of
Plate 30:
XI XI
Ahau Ymix }
Eb Been } 20 + 6, XI; 20 + 6, XI.
Kan Caban }
Cib Chicchan
Lamat Manik
The number 20 is denoted by the usual symbol. The sum of the black
numbers is 52 and the interval between the days in each column 52, but in
this case there does not appear to be any connection between the columns,
there being, in fact, two distinct series.
In the upper division of the same plate is this series:
XI
Ezanab { VI XI
{ 8 5
Oc { VI XI
{ 8 5
Ik { VI XI
{ 8 5
Ix { VI XI
{ 8 5
Cimi
The order in which these numerals are to be read is as follows: 8, VI; 5,
XI; 8, VI; 5, XI, &c., which gives, as the final red number of the
series, XI, the same as that over the column. The sum of the black
numbers is 52 and the interval between the days 52.
Taking for granted that the correctness of the theory advanced is
conceded, some attempts at its further application, especially its use in
making restorations and corrections in defective series and in settling
doubtful questions relating thereto, will now be presented.
In the upper division of Plate 32, Dresden Codex, are the four day
columns and lines of numerals over them here represented:
1
4 13 9 4
15 13 2 11
XIII XIII XIII XIII
Manik Cib Chicchan Ix
Chuen Ahau Muluc Ezanab
Men Kan Been Ik
Cauac Lamat Caban Cimi
Akbal Eb Ymix Oc
Connected with these numbers is a line of alternate black and red numbers
running along over the figures of Plates 32 to 39, division _a_. There
are several breaks and some partially obliterated characters in it which
must be restored in order to use it. It has been selected partly on this
account, that the method of filling such breaks and making such
restorations may be seen.
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