Another set of interesting tonalamatls is figured in plate 30, Tro-Cor.,
102.[250] The first one on this page appears in the second division, 102b,
and is divided into five parts, as the column of five day signs shows. The
order of reading is from left to right in the pair of number columns, as
will appear in the following outline of this tonalamatl:
---------------------+---------+---------+---------+----------+--------
|1st |2d |3d |4th |5th
|Division |Division |Division |Division |Division
---------------------+---------+---------+---------+----------+--------
1st part, 2 days, | | | | |
beginning with day |4 Manik |4 Cauac |4 Chuen |4 Akbal |4 Men
| | | | |
2d part, 7 days, | | | | |
beginning with day |6 Muluc |6 Imix |6 Ben |6 Chicchan|6 Caban
| | | | |
3d part, 2 days, | | | | |
beginning with day |13 Cib |13 Lamat |13 Ahau |13 Eb |13 Kan
| | | | |
4th part, 10 days, | | | | |
beginning with day |2 Eznab |2 Oc |2 Ik |2 Ix |2 Cimi
| | | | |
5th part, 9 days, | | | | |
beginning with day |12 Lamat |12 Ahau |12 Eb |12 Kan |12 Cib
| | | | |
6th part, 22 days, | | | | |
beginning with day |8 Caban |8 Muluc |8 Imix |8 Ben |8 Chicchan
| | | | |
Total number of days |52 |52 |52 |52 |52
---------------------+---------+---------+---------+----------+--------
Applying rule 4 (p. 253) to this tonalamatl, we have: 5 × 52 = 260, {264}
the exact number of days in a tonalamatl. The next tonalamatl on this page
(see third division in pl. 29, that is, Tro-Cor., 102c) is interesting
chiefly because of the fact that the pictures which went with the third and
fourth parts of the five divisions are omitted for want of space. The
outline of this tonalamatl follows:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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