. An introduction to the study of the Maya hieroglyphs . ian 8 Cnmlm, and all have their terminal datesor related Secondary-series dates recorded immediately after them. The first example of an Initial Series from the codices wiU be foundin plate 31 (Dresden 24), in the lower left>-hand corner, in the secondcolumn to the right. The Initial-series number here recorded , of which the zero in the 2d place (uinab) and the zeroin the 1st place (Mns) are expressed by red numbers. This use ofred numbers in the last two places is due to the fact that the zerosign in the codices is alway
. An introduction to the study of the Maya hieroglyphs . ian 8 Cnmlm, and all have their terminal datesor related Secondary-series dates recorded immediately after them. The first example of an Initial Series from the codices wiU be foundin plate 31 (Dresden 24), in the lower left>-hand corner, in the secondcolumn to the right. The Initial-series number here recorded , of which the zero in the 2d place (uinab) and the zeroin the 1st place (Mns) are expressed by red numbers. This use ofred numbers in the last two places is due to the fact that the zerosign in the codices is always red. The student will note the absence of all period glyphs from thisInitial Series and will observe that the multiplicands of the cycle,katun, tun, uinal, and kin are fixed by the positions of each of thecorresponding multipliers. By referring to Table XTV the values ofthe several positions in the second method of writing the numberswill be found, and using these with their corresponding coefficients BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY BULLETIN 57 PLATE 31. PAGE 24 OF THE DRESDEN CODEX, SHOWINGINITIAL SERIES MOELET] INTRODUCTION TO STUDY OF MAYA HIEROGLYPHS 267 in each case the Initial-series number here recorded may be reducedto units of the 1st order, as follows: 9X144,000 = 1,296,0009 X 7, 200 = 64, 80016 X 360= 5,760Ox 20 = 0 OX 1= 0 1,366,560 Deducting from this number all the Calendar Rounds possible, 72(see Table XVI), it maybe reduced to zero, since 72 Calendar Roundscontain exactly 1,366,560 units of the first order. See the preliminaryrule on page 143. Applying rules 1, 2, and 3 (pp. 139, 140, and 141) to the remainder,that is, 0, the terminal date of the Initial Series will be found to be4 Ahau 8 CnmlLn, exactly the same as the starting point of Mayachronology. This must be true, since counting forward 0 from thedate 4 Ahau 8 Cumliu, the date 4 Ahau 8 Cumliu will be of recording this date immediately below the last period ofits Initial-series number, that
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