. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. e two astronomic signs, oneof which doubtless represents the sun. Before the hieroglyph is thenumeral 4. It may be merely accidental that the fourth day of theweek of thirteen days is also noted below (see d). In the Dresdencodex, page 39a, the lightning beast also carries two torches, one point-ing up and the other down (see e). The tortoise is especially frequentin that part of the Madrid Troano codex, long since separated from it,which is now commonly called Codex Cortesianus. It does not Schild Krote und Schnecke i
. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. e two astronomic signs, oneof which doubtless represents the sun. Before the hieroglyph is thenumeral 4. It may be merely accidental that the fourth day of theweek of thirteen days is also noted below (see d). In the Dresdencodex, page 39a, the lightning beast also carries two torches, one point-ing up and the other down (see e). The tortoise is especially frequentin that part of the Madrid Troano codex, long since separated from it,which is now commonly called Codex Cortesianus. It does not Schild Krote und Schnecke in tier Mayaliteratur, Dresden, June 21, 1892. 423 424 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 28 occur in the technical and economic divisions of the manuscript, butonly in the astronomic and calendric part, on pages 1 to 19 and 31 to42, and only toward the end of these two divisions. The passagesare the following: Page 13a, where the hieroglyphs belonging to it are effaced. Page 17a, where, with the picture of the tortoise, its hieroglyphappears at least four times (see /)..
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