The third figure is a woman who is pointing upward with one hand and with
the other holding the bundle on her back, which I am unable to explain
(does it refer to the 14th Uinal--the end of pregnancy?) and from which
rises an object resembling a flame. Her sign is in the fourth place and _q_
is in the third. 1 and 2 are not legible and perhaps may be supplemented by
the third picture on page 19c. Finally, the fourth figure is F, who is
sitting and has a Cimi sign on his back. His monogram is the second of the
hieroglyphs above him, the third is very appropriately _b_ and the other
two are not very clear to me.
The first two pictures might designate a male birth, the first indicating
wealth and the second poverty, the third might denote a female birth and
the fourth a still birth. But who can positively assert this!
Pages 18a--19a.
VIII 12 VII 12 VI 9 II 10 XII 9 VIII
Ik
Ix
Cimi
Ezanab
Oc.
This is a Tonalamatl of five parts with 20 hieroglyphs, which unfortunately
are so much injured that no signs comprehending the whole can be
distinguished.
There are five women in a sitting attitude.
The first woman corresponds exactly to the third figure on page 15b. She is
sitting on a bench, the same implement is in her hand and there is also a
serpent on her head, for which reason she likewise reminds us of H. The
third hieroglyph is hers, and the 4th sign is an Ahau.
The second woman holds in her hand the Kin sign; above it is the Yax sign
and above this a little cross between two dots (the numeral 18?). Compare
pages 18c, 19c and 27b, and in the second part, 46b and 50c. I shall
venture no opinion regarding the hieroglyphs.
The third woman with the copal pouch hanging from her neck has nothing in
her hand. She is pointing upward with her right hand. Her hair seems to be
wound in the shape of an 8 in horizontal position and above her is a sign
denoting the union of two parts. The hieroglyphs are entirely destroyed.
Does this represent the birth of twins?
The eyes of the fourth woman are closed, she is pointing forward with her
hand and there is a bird on her head. Nothing is left of the hieroglyphs.
Finally, the fifth is distinguished by a large nose-peg, which, as on 12b,
resembles a flower. Her hand is extended forward. The fourth of the
hieroglyphs above her is her sign. There is nothing to be said regarding
the three others. Are these five women engaged here in presenting their
thankofferings and prayers of thanksgiving for the birth which has taken
place?
Pages 19a--21a.
XI 13 XI 13 XI 13 XI 13 XI 13 XI
Ahau
Chicchan
Oc
Men
Ahau.
Instead of Men the Manuscript has incorrectly Eb. Ahau in the fifth place
is superfluous, since we have here a Tonalamatl divided into four equal
parts.
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