1 2 5 6 9 10 13
3 4 7 8 11 12 14
15
16.
An Ahau is added here as the 17th sign, which is very unusual.
We find elements here forming the hieroglyphs into groups in three
different ways.
1. The signs 1, 5, 9 and 13 designate the four cardinal points as they so
often stand together in this Manuscript in the order of East, North, West
and South, _i.e._, in the sequence of the annual and not of the diurnal
course of the sun.
2. The hieroglyphs 2, 6, 10 and 14 are all alike and are the head with the
Akbal eye, which in 6 is closed.
3. The three persons pictured here all carry a Kan sign in their hands,
probably as the offering they have received. Similarly we found the Kan
sign held in the hand twice on page 16b.
The first picture is B; his sign is the third with the _q_ in 4 as a
determinative, which has above it a Ben-Ik sign.
The second figure is a goddess with a serpent as head-ornament, though we
find in the 7th sign, not her hieroglyph, but merely the one generally used
to denote a woman. 8 is the usual _a_, which in my opinion is the sign for
the _good_ days, to which also the Kan sign refers in the hands of the
three personages.
The third picture is that of the sun-god G; his hieroglyph is the 11th, to
which in 12 is added the sign _q_, the sign for the bad days, with a
superfix.
The fourth picture is wanting. According to the 15th hieroglyph it should
be the maize deity E. My theory that 16 is the sign for the week of 13 days
is supported by the fact that the division into 4 × 13 days is the
prevailing one.
Page 23b.
VIII 12 VII 12 VI 12 V 12 IV 12 III 5 VIII
Kan
Muluc
Ix
Cauac
Lamat.
This is a Tonalamatl of 4 × 65 days divided as evenly as possible into 5 ×
12 + 5. The 5th day added after the 16th must be a mistake (suggested by
the 5th day of the last section) for it is usually the first of the days,
which is repeated superfluously.