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AIDS TO THE STUDY OK THE MAYA CODICES. 



tion of the cliaracteis :i11u<1im1 to. The Maya names appended are 

 therefore to be uudcistudd simply as the supposed names applied to 

 them or the objects they di'iiotc 



SYMBOLS OF ANIMALS &C. 



h'dl. The symbol for the number 20. Found in all of the codices and 

 e.xplained m the preceding jjortion of this paper. 



The symbol for (nought), always red. Found only in the Dresden Co- 

 dex and always in the numeral series. 



A"/;( . Sun, and probably day also. It is not known positively that it 

 lias tltis signification e.xcept in connection with the equatorial 

 eardmal point symbols and the symbol of the month Yaxkiii ; yet 

 ^ it is reasonable to suppose it has. 



Aac or Ac. A turtle. That this symbol as shown In a and b 

 denotes the turtle is conclusively proved by its resemblance to 

 the head of that animal, as figured in the Cortesian Codex (see 

 Fig. 373) and its relation to these figures. Found only iii this 

 codex, unless two doubtful symbols on Plate XXV*, Manu- 

 script Troano, ai^e to be considered as variants. 



-MM o( Fig. 373. Turtle fiom th 



^•-^ There can be no doubt that Landa's A, an exact copy 



X" 4 f,f which is given in the margin, in both varieties, f 



and (1. is nothing more nor less than this symbol; for, in addition to 

 tlie very close general resemblance, we see in it the eye and the dot 

 indicating the nostril. This fact is important, as it gives us some 

 <-]f\y to the method adopted by Landa in forming his alphabet. 



Uech. Symbolor head of the armadillo of Yucatan. Appears but 

 once or twice and in the Manuscript Troano only. (See Study of 

 the Manuscript Troano, by Cyrus Thomas, pp. 98 and 14.T>). 



',<: Wood, 

 p. 144). 



(See Study of the Manuscript Troano, by Cyrus Thomas, 



