27S AIDS TO THE STUDY OF THE MAYA CODICES. 



the line of alternate red and black iminerals in division h. As shown 

 in a. previous worlv' and as will ^ipiirai- licnMl'tn-. tliesc liorizontallines 

 of alternate red and black nninei'als without daysyndiols interspersed 

 are usually, if not always, connected at the left with a column of 

 days over which there is a red numeral, as in the Codex Troano. 

 Running back along the line of numerals in the middle division of 

 Plates i'i and 41, the day column with which it is connected is found 

 at the left margin of Plate 38. Unfortunately the red numeral over 

 this column is obliterated, but can easily be restored. Starting with 

 the first black numeral to the right of this, the entire line, which 

 ends in the second column of the middle division of Plate 4.3 (repre- 

 senting the black numerals by Arabic numbers and the red by Roman 

 numbers), is as follows: 16," IX; 8. IV; 11, II; 10, XII: 1, XIII; 

 13, XII; 0, VI(?); 12, IV; 11. II: 11, XIII; 6, VI; 13, V; 7, XII: G, 

 V; S+1, XIII; G, VI. 



The number over the day column, Plate 38, must have been VI, as 

 VI-I- IG — 13 = 9, a conclusion which is sustained by Forstemann's 

 copy, which shows here very plainly the red character for VI. 



By adding the black (Arabic) numeral to the preceding red (Ro- 

 man) one and casting out the thirteens, as heretofore explained, we 

 obtain the following red (Roman) numerals, thus: VI-I-IG— 13 = IX; 

 IX-|-8-13=IV; IV -1-11-13 = 11; II-|-1(»=XII; XII+1=XIII; XIII 

 + 12-13=XII; XII-fG-13=V. 



Here the result differs from what is found at this point in the line, 

 as we obtain V instead of VI. In this case the mistake, if one has 

 been made, cannot be attributed to Lord Kingsborough's copyist; 

 the Maya artist must have made a mistake or there must be an er- 

 ror in the theory here advanced. But let us continue according to 

 our own figures: V-|-13-13=IV; IV-|-11-13=II; II-|-11=XIII; 

 XIII-t-6-13=VI; VI-|-13-13=V; V-|-7=13; XII + G-13=V; V + 

 20-|-l-13 = XIII; XIII-|-G-13=VI. 



There is no doubt, therefore, that the line forms one contini;ous 

 series, and if so it links together pages 38 and 43 as they are now num- 

 bered. It follows, then, that if Plates 1 and 2 and Plates 42 and 43 

 belong together, the former pair must be placed to the right of 43. 

 This is conceded by Dr. Forstemann,'' as he says that, Dr. Karl 

 Schultz-Sellack having pointed out the errorinhis])a,t;iii,i;-. hecliangt'd 

 pages 1 and 3 to 44 and 4.5 and pages 44 and 45 to i .iiid ■.': tli;it is to 

 say. the two leaves containing these pages were loosened from tlic 

 strip and reversed, so that page 1 would be 44 and page 3 would be 45. 



Having brought together these plates so that 1 and 3 stand to the 

 right of 43, attention is called to the lines of day symbols running 



' Study of the Manuscript Troano, by Cyrus Thomas, Chapters II and VII. 

 - Erlautemngen zur Mayahandschrift. p. 3. 



