Numeral systems of Mexico and Central America / by Cyrus Thomas.

  • Cyrus Thomas
Date:
[1901]
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Credit: Numeral systems of Mexico and Central America / by Cyrus Thomas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The symbols of the. days are shown in hgure 23, which is a photmen- graved copy from plates 51-52 of the Vatican codex B. The names in English of those in the four col- umns 8-11 as they stand in the fig- ure are as follow; Column 8 Column 9 Column 10 Column 11 Water Do^ Monkey Grass Movement Flint Rain Flower Snake Death Deer Rabbit Cane Tiger Eagle Vulture Drafjf)!! Wind House Lizard The symbol for water is oftener in the form shown in figure 21, and that for house in the form shown in figure 25. As the numerous plates of the codices to which reference will be made can not be copied here, these will enable the reader who is not already familiar with the sub- ject, but who has the codices (at least as given in Kingsl)orough) l)efore him, to follow my references. As the names of the Mexican months will not be used in this paper, it is not necessary to give them here. We shall have occasion to note par- ticularly the direction in which the plates of the codices referred to are to be read, as the determination of this is the most important result obtained ]>y an examination of the numerals, especially in cases where the order of the days fails us in this respect. As a rule which has few if any exceptions, numbers which I’efer to time counts in the Mexican codices are expressed by dots, or sometimes small circles, usually colored, and
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