Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . pots, as seen in the profile view,which in the front view must have been five white circles arrangedin a quincunx (see figure 96). If we imagine this quincunx ofwhite circles to be inclined about 45 degrees, I believe we havebefore us what Forstemann has proved to be the hieroglyph of theplanet Venus in the Maya manuscripts (see c and e). Glyphs a and<?, figure 95, seem to me to represent the divinity of the planet Venus,with the hieroglyph of that planet painted on his face. Now, asin a and 6, figure 93, we found th
Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . pots, as seen in the profile view,which in the front view must have been five white circles arrangedin a quincunx (see figure 96). If we imagine this quincunx ofwhite circles to be inclined about 45 degrees, I believe we havebefore us what Forstemann has proved to be the hieroglyph of theplanet Venus in the Maya manuscripts (see c and e). Glyphs a and<?, figure 95, seem to me to represent the divinity of the planet Venus,with the hieroglyph of that planet painted on his face. Now, asin a and 6, figure 93, we found the deity of the morning star repre-sented with a deaths-head as a helmet mask, evidently expressingthe other form, the disguise of this deity, the planet as the eveningstar; so we likewise find parallel figures to the figure painted withthe hieroglyph of Venus, which represent the divinity with the 372 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 28 same attributes and the same face painting, but with a deaths-headinstead of a human face (see /, figure 96, and a, figure 97, which. d Fig. 97. Deity figures from Mexican codices. are on the same superb page 19 of the Borgian codex, Kingsborough,page 20). seler] VENUS PERIOD IN PICTURE WRITINGS 373 After these introductory remarks, I can now pass to the principalrepresentation, found on pages 58 and 54 of the Borgian codex(Kinsborough, pages 62 and 61), which correspond to pages 80 and 84of Codex Vaticanus B (Kingsborough, pages 17 to 13) and the likeplace in the Bologna codex, pages d to 11. On page 80 of the Vatican codex we see at the right a figure {h,figure 97) which the first glance proves is identical with <?, figure 95,and must accordingly represent the deity of the planet Venus withthe hieroglyph of that planet painted on the face. Under the eyes,however, a flourish is added which recalls the facial configurationof certain personages represented in the Maya manuscripts and alsoon pottery figures of Zapotec and Maya (Chiapanec, Gu
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