The entire contents of these pages must be represented as a unit, for what
is in the main true of page 24 is also true of these pages, namely that
they treat exclusively of the period of 2920 days, in which five Venus
years of 584 days each are brought into accord with eight solar or
terrestrial years of 365 days each. Each page is a direct continuation of
the preceding one. Each period of 2920 days is taken 13 times, the result
being 37,960 days, which are equal to 146 Tonalamatls.
I will give here first a reproduction, as it were, of the left side of the
five pages, omitting for greater clearness a few indifferent matters, which
are intended only to fill the blank spaces, viz:--
1. The twenty hands pointing to the right, with a knife placed over them,
in the middle of the pages, which mean nothing more than that these parts
of the Venus year are to be read from left to right.
2. The Venus hieroglyph three lines below, repeated twenty times with the
sign of the knife, to denote the _division_ of the Venus revolution.
3. The _Akbal_ sign occurring further down, four times on each page, except
on pages 46 and 47. This is the last of the day-signs, again counting
forward from the day Kan, and means only that henceforth the _close_ of the
four periods of the Venus year is indicated below, as the beginning is
indicated above.
4. The sixteen Venus signs also occurring below, except on page 48. This
sign likewise occurs in a very similar form on Altar R of Copan.
With these omissions, the left side of these pages presents the following
appearance:--
Page 46.
III Cib II Cimi V Cib XIII Kan
XI Cib X Cimi XIII Cib VIII Kan
VI Cib V Cimi VIII Cib III Kan
I Cib XIII Cimi III Cib XI Kan
IX Cib VIII Cimi XI Cib VI Kan
IV Cib III Cimi VI Cib I Kan
XII Cib XI Cimi I Cib IX Kan
VII Cib VI Cimi IX Cib IV Kan
II Cib I Cimi IV Cib XII Kan
X Cib IX Cimi XII Cib VII Kan
V Cib IV Cimi VII Cib II Kan
XIII Cib XII Cimi II Cib X Kan
VIII Cib VII Cimi X Cib V Kan
4 Yaxkin 14 Zac 19 Zec 7 Xul
North. West South East
Gods.
236 326 576 584
9[1] Zac 19[1] Muan 4 Yax 12 Yax
Gods
East North West South
19 Kayab 4 Zotz 14 Pax 2 Kayab
236 90 250 8
Page 47.
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