. An introduction to the study of the Maya hieroglyphs . —in this case 1—in order to give the coeffi-cient of the day beginning the next subdivision, aU 13s possiblebeing first deducted from the resulting number. Fm-thermore, thiscoefficient wiU be the red number next following the black number. Applying this rule to the present case, we have: 1 (first red number) -1-13 (next black number) =14. Deducting allthe 13s possible, we have left 1 (14 — 13) as the coefficient of theday beginning the next subdivision of the tonalamatl. This number1 wiU be found as the red number immediately following t
. An introduction to the study of the Maya hieroglyphs . —in this case 1—in order to give the coeffi-cient of the day beginning the next subdivision, aU 13s possiblebeing first deducted from the resulting number. Fm-thermore, thiscoefficient wiU be the red number next following the black number. Applying this rule to the present case, we have: 1 (first red number) -1-13 (next black number) =14. Deducting allthe 13s possible, we have left 1 (14 — 13) as the coefficient of theday beginning the next subdivision of the tonalamatl. This number1 wiU be found as the red number immediately following the firstblack number, 13. To find the corresponding day sign, we mustturn to rule 3 (p. 253) and count forward in Table I this same blacknumber, 13, from the preceding day sign, in this case Ix. The daysign reached wiU be Manik. But since this day begins only a sub-division in this tonalamatl, not one of the main divisions, its daysign will not be recorded, and we have, therefore, the day 1 Manik, BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY BULLETIN 57 PLATE 27. PAGE 12 OF THE DRESDEN CODEX, SHOWINGTONALAMATLS IN ALL THREE DIVISIONS MOELI^T] INTRODUCTION TO STUDY OF MAYA HIEEOGLYPHS 255 of which the 1 is expressed by the second red number and the namepart Manik only indicated by the calculations. The beginning day of the next subdivision of the tonalamatl may now be calculated from the day 1 Manik by means of rules 2 and 3 (p. 253). Before proceeding with the calculation incident to this step it will be necessary Jfirst to examine the next black number in our tonalamatl. This will be foimd to be composed of this sign (*), (^^ to which 6 (1 bar and 1 dot) has been affixed. It was explained * on page 92 that in representing tonalamatls the Maya had to have a sign which by itself would signify the number 20, since numeration by position was impossible. This special character for the number 20 was given in figure 45, and a comparison of it with the sign here under discussion will show that
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