. Bulletin. Ethnology. e f g h i Fig. 107. Glyphs from the Maya codices. to believe there is a reference here to the long period of 90 days in which Venus is invisible during the time of superior conjunction, that is, it vanishes in night; hence it is dominated by the north. With regard to the composite sign 28 I would suggest a parallel with A and B, 8, on the Cross of Palenque («, figure 107). 29 to 31. These characters occur close to the end of the great series. They seem to me to denote nothing else than the result of that series; to be sure, 29 is wholly, and 30 almost wdiolly, obliterate
. Bulletin. Ethnology. e f g h i Fig. 107. Glyphs from the Maya codices. to believe there is a reference here to the long period of 90 days in which Venus is invisible during the time of superior conjunction, that is, it vanishes in night; hence it is dominated by the north. With regard to the composite sign 28 I would suggest a parallel with A and B, 8, on the Cross of Palenque («, figure 107). 29 to 31. These characters occur close to the end of the great series. They seem to me to denote nothing else than the result of that series; to be sure, 29 is wholly, and 30 almost wdiolly, obliterated; but I am sure from what remains of 30 that the normal date IV Ahau 8 Cumku stood here, as it does in the left-hand lower corner of our page. In 31, as in 18, we see the sign for Xul, " end ", here denoting the end of the great period, which marks the close of the entire compu- tation. 32,33 (^>, figure 107). The black deity, L, according to Schellhas, and with it the glyph of Venus, with the sign above it which we have already recognized as the sign for division. Thus we also find these. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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