Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, Vol. 2 of 2: A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of that Country from the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time.Mayer, Brantz
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Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, Vol. 2 of 2: A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of that Country from the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time.
Year 1 Khan | 1st day of the year | 1 Khan
1st of the Cycle | 1st supplementary day | 10 do.
| 2d do. | 11 Chiccan
| 3d do. | 12 Kimi
| 4th do. | 13 Manic
| 5th do. | 1 Lamat
| |
Year 2 Muluc | 1st day of the year | 2 Muluc
2d of the Cycle | 1st supplementary day | 11 Muluc
| Last do. | 2 Be-en
| |
Year 3 Hix | 1st day of the year | 3 Hix
3d of the Cycle | 1st supplementary day | 12 do.
| Last do. | 3 Edznab
| |
Year 4 Ca-uac | 1st day of the year | 4 Ca-uac
4th of the Cycle | 1st supplementary day | 13 do.
| Last do. | 4 Akbal
| |
Year 5 Khan | 1st day of the year | 5 Khan
5th of the Cycle | 1st supplementary day | 1 do.
| Last do. | 5 Lamat
"Don J. P. Perez positively states, that the fundamental rule is never
to interrupt either of the series of names or of days. Thus, inasmuch as
the last supplementary day of the first year of the cycle (1 Khan) is 1
Lamat; and as, in the order of the days of the month, the day called
"Muluc" immediately follows the day Lamat; the ensuing year 2 Muluc
commences with the day 2 Muluc, in the same manner as the year 1 Khan
commences with the day 1 Khan. It is the same with the other years; so
that the first day of every year has the same name and numerical
character as the year itself.
"Don J. P. Perez acknowledges that amongst the few mutilated remains of
Indian manuscripts or paintings, he has not been able to discover any
trace of an intercalation, either of one day every four years, or of
thirteen days at the end of the cycle, though he presumes that they had
indubitably either the one or the other.
"The Yucatan cycle of fifty-two years, differed in no other respect from
that of the Mexicans. The combination of the two series of twenty and
thirteen days is used in the same manner in both calendars for the
purpose of distinguishing the days of the year.
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