MANUSCKIPTS OF MEXICO — SPINDEN 



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IDEOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF NAMES 



"We are now in a position to direct our attention a little more 

 closely to the construction of personal hieroglyphs, other than those 

 of calendarial origin. Among the easily transcribed women's names 

 are Jewelled Eagle, Jewelled Parrot, Jewelled Skull, and Jewelled 

 Water, in all of which the circular symbol of jade forms 

 a part of the built-up sign. This symbol may also mean a bright 

 orb, and in the case of Jewelled Incense the proper transcription 

 may be Incense Star. Other names are Rainy Blouse, Serpent 

 I^louse, Knife Blouse, Plmned Serpent, Flowered Serpent, Feath- 

 ered Sun, Sun Fan, etc. 



FiGDRB 9.- — Funeral of two warriors, note war clubs on tlie ground and bow and arrows 

 on the mound. The detail across their breasts is half a Sun disli. 



Men's names are made of sterner stuff, examples being: Stoned 

 Jaguar, Blood-drinking Eagle, Bloody Face, Bloody Hand, Eagle, 

 Coyote, Vulture, Eagle Star or Constellation, Snake Constellation, 

 Flaming Arrow, Blue Dog, Yellow Dog, White Dog, Eagle Ball 

 Court, Serpent Ball Court, Coyote Tail, Jaguar Claw, etc. 



The acquired or descriptive names of men are frequently trans- 

 formed into elements of dress and accoutrement. In figure 10 I 

 illustrate this fact by two re])resentations of an individual named 

 Eleven Water. On page 34 of the Zouche manuscript he is shown as 

 in a, being the eldest child of the bigamous marriage of Three Croc- 

 odile with Twelve Knife and Ten House. Note that his head has the 

 form of a great flint knife with the points projecting above and 

 below the distended jaws of a skull. The face of Eleven Water is 

 enclosed in the jaws of this skull and is somewhat concealed behind 

 the common Rain God mask, consisting of a ring-shaped eye and an 

 irregular scroll which represents the nose and upper lip of Tlaloc. 

 In the second representation of Eleven Water, on the following page 

 of the manuscript, he is himself making a dual marriage with two 



