Almanac 25 (pp. 5c"6c) Divinatory 



Tl. (p. 5c) God D is seated and holds a small cup of 



balche. The usual preparation of this ritual beverage 

 seems to have been fermentation of honey to which had 

 been added the bark of the tree Lonchocarpus yucate- 

 nensis Pitt, (L. longistylus Pitt.), Several other plant 

 additives have been suggested by this author (Emboden, 

 1979). 

 Gl. I . abundance of maize 



T2. A seated death god holds what Thompson (1972) has 



suggested is a seed bag. I cannot add to this. 

 Gl. I. repeat Tl 



T3. (p. 6c) God C walks carrying before him what appears 



to be an incense burner. The use of copal in ritual 

 purification was a common practice among the Maya 

 and their successors. While copal may be derived from 

 several plants of that area, the investigations have 

 demonstrated the plant to be Idea Copal Schlecht. & 

 Cham., a small tree of the family Burseraceae. Upon 

 wounding, the plant releases resins that harden and 

 may then be heated to produce clouds of smoke. In the 

 book of Chilam Balam it was called "brains of the sky." 

 Gl. 1. Repeat of Tl subsequent glyphs portend good 



T4. God Q walks carrying the copal censer. Another sug- 

 gestion is that it is a bag of maize, but I think this is less 

 likely due to its complex nature and the manner in 

 which it is held. No indication of seeds are evident. 

 Gl. 1. Repeat of Tl followed by malevolent indica- 

 tions 



Almanac 26 (pp. 6c-7c) Divinatory 



Tl. A death god is seated and holds a victim's head. He 



wears the pendant water lily motif. 

 T2. God D with a yellow face holds two affixes in a circle of 



dots that Thompson tentatively translates as cava refer- 



ing to Theobroma cacao, and has a water lily head 



dress. 



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