T9. A Chac holds a water lily with a long pedicel above a 



lake in which there is fish and a conch. 

 Gl. 4. Abundance of maize. 

 Gl. 5. New maize. 



TIO. A Chac with a single retrorse water lily in his head dress 



drums on a turtle carapace. 



Gl. 5. New maize. 



Gl. 6. There is no eating of new maize. 

 Tl 1. A Chac holds the moon goddess in a posture of coition. 



He wears the two retrorse water lilies in his head dress. 



TI2. A Chac with the traditional two water lilies in his head 



dress is seated on two fire symbols and holds a seed 

 pouch. 



Gl. 5. Lime maize (i.e., maize seed treated with lime 



to remove the hull). 

 T13. A Chac with the two water lilies in his head dress holds 



a large bird and appears to be seated in clouds. 

 Gl. 5. New maize. 



Almanac 71 (pp. 53a-58a and 51b-58b) 



Although these are not arranged as the other / 'ols, as the eight to 

 ten glyphs above each picture are in a category that is different 

 from the pairs of signs in each column, they will be numbered as 

 are the other almanacs. 



Tl . A death god is seated on a chair of bones with his hand 



raised in a prophetic gesture. From his frontal brow is a 

 water lily with emanations that resemble smoke or 

 quetzal feathers. It would seem to concern a lunar 



eclipse. 



T2. The jaguar-sun god is depicted by a portrait of his face 



in a series of bands. These seem to be rooted at the base 

 and from them four floral or vegetative motifs pro- 

 trude. These are probably directional motifs. Since the 

 glyphs suggest rain and unmitigated grief, the water 

 interpretation of the bands seems to me better than 

 Thompson's suggestion that they are planetary bands. 



T3. This depiction of the head of the sun god with jaguar 



whiskers seems akin to the previous one. He is set in a 



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