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Notes on Certain Maya and Mexican Manuscripts: Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 3-66Thomas, Cyrus

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Notes on Certain Maya and Mexican Manuscripts: Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 3-66

Name: Notes on Certain Maya and Mexican Manuscripts: Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 3-66
Author: Thomas, Cyrus

Thomas, Cyrus

Calendar -- Mexico; Maya calendar

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Transcriber's Note

This book was originally published as a part of:

Powell, J. W. 1884 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1881-'82. pp. 3-66. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C.

The index included in this version of the book was extracted from the
overall volume index.

A number of typographical errors and inconsistencies have been maintained
in this version of this book. Typographical errors have been marked with
a [TN-#], which refers to a description in the complete list found at the
end of the text. A list of words that have been inconsistently spelled is
found at the end of the present text.

Tables II and XV were lists printed in four columns. The contents have been
rearranged by month in this version.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION--BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY

NOTES

ON CERTAIN

MAYA AND MEXICAN MANUSCRIPTS.

BY

PROF. CYRUS THOMAS.

CONTENTS.

                                                               Page.
  Tableau des Bacab                                                7
  Plate 43 of the Borgian Codex                                   23
  Plate 44 of the Fejervary Codex                                 30
  Symbols of the cardinal points                                  36

ILLUSTRATIONS.

  PLATE   I.--Fac-simile of the Tableau des Bacab                  7
         II.--The Tableau des Bacab restored                      12
        III.--Fac-simile of Plate 44 of the Fejervary Codex       32
         IV.--Copy of Plates 65 and 66 of the Vatican Codex B     56

  FIG. 1.--The four cardinal symbols                               8
       2.--Scheme of the Tableau des Bacab                        13
       3.--Copy from Plates 18 and 19, Codex Peresianus           19
       4.--Copy of Plate 43, Borgian Codex                        24
       5.--Copy of Plates 51 and 52, Vatican Codex, B             27
       6.--Scheme of Plate 44, Fejervary Codex                    34
       7.--Symbols of the four cardinal points                    36
       8.--Calendar wheel, as given by Duran                      44
       9.--Calendar wheel, from book of Chilan Balam              59
      10.--Engraved shells                                        61
      11.--Withdrawn

[Illustration: PL. I

"TABLEAU DES BACAB" CODEX]

NOTES ON CERTAIN MAYA AND MEXICAN MANUSCRIPTS.

BY CYRUS THOMAS.

"TABLEAU DES BACAB."

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