1888.] 



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[Brinton. 



sents, determinatives, as in the Egyptian inscriptions, and nu- 

 merous ideograms. Sometimes the ideogram is associated with 

 the phonetic symbol, acting as a sort of determinative to the 

 latter. An interesting example of this is given at the beginning 

 of the " Manuscripto Hieratico," recently published by the Span- 

 ish government * It is the more valuable as an example, as the 

 picture writing is translated into Nahuatl and written in Spanish 



FrG. 5. — Tlamapa. 



characters. The date of the document, 1526, leaves no doubt 

 that it is in the same style as the ancient Codices. The page is 

 headed with the picture of a church edifice ; underneath is the 

 outline of a human arm, and the legend in Nahuatl is : 

 In Altepetl y Santa Cruz Tlamapa. 

 These words mean, " the town of Santa Cruz Tlamapa." The 

 name "tlamapa " means "on the hillside," and doubtless originally 



* It is given in the appendix to the Ensayo sobre la Interpretation de la Escri- 

 tura Hieratica de la America Central, by De Rosny, translated by D. Juan de 

 Dios de la Rada y Delgada (Madrid, 1881). 



