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formities within the wide circle of Toltec jurisdiction which made 

 the interpretation of these symbols much easier than otherwise it 

 might have been. 



G Hi 



FiGDEE 14. — Concentration of ideographic data in cartouches : A and B, same matter ; 

 C and D, same matter ; E, concentration in Maya glyphs ; F, three generations in one 

 statement (but here the calendarial names of the husband and son of Lady Ten 

 Flower are recorded in reverse order) ; G, H, and I, another family chart. 



The 20 graphic signs which recorded the differently named days of 

 the common Central American calendar were for the most part 

 easily recognized pictures. With the meanings apparent it was 

 only necessary to use a sequence of local names which retained these 

 meanings. The 20 day signs which we may assume Quetzalcoatl 



