GANN] GLYPHS IN THE PAINTINGS 671 
codices. The lower part of the glyph placed immediately above the 
head of figure 6, plate Xxrx, is a typical representation of Imix, the 
first day of the Maya month; and possibly the upper part of the glyph 
placed in front of the face of figure 9, plate Xxrx, is meant to repre- 
sent the same day. In the first case there can be no doubt as to the 
identity of the symbol, for all its characteristic features are present, 
namely, the black spot at the top, the semicircle of dots below, and 
below this again the row of perpendicular lines. The second symbol 
is not by any means so typical. A small circle takes the place of the 
black spot, the dots are wanting, and the perpendicular lines are 
hooked at their summits; nor does it seem possible that in the same 
painting such wide variation should occur. 
The outer and upper of the three component parts of the glyph 
opposite figure 6, plate xxrx, may possibly be meant to represent 
Akbal, the third day of the Maya month, though it bears a strong 
resemblance to the Ahau sign. 
The lower right-hand part of the glyph opposite the left foot of 
figure 8, plate xx1x, evidently corresponds to the lower part of the 
glyph opposite the face of figure 9, plate xx1x; there can be little 
doubt that both these symbols represent Manik, the seventh day of 
the Maya month. In dealing with this symbol in his Day Symbols 
of the Maya Year,’ Professor Cyrus Thomas says: 
As Brasseur de Bourbourg has suggested, this [i. e., the Manik symbol] appears to 
have been taken from the partially closed hand, where the points of the fingers are 
brought round close to the tip of the thumb. Whether intended to show the palm 
or back outward is uncertain, though apparently the latter. ... As this inter- 
pretation of the symbol is quite different from that given by other writers, some evi- 
dence to justify it is presented here. 
It will be observed that immediately below the Manik symbol, in 
front of the face of figure 9, plate xx1x, there is represented a right 
hand with the fingers flexed toward the tip of the thumb, the back 
of the hand being outward; the outline of this hand is almost pre- 
cisely similar to that of the Manik symbol placed immediately aboye 
it, thus confirming, I think, beyond question, Professor Thomas’s inter- 
pretation of the signification of the symbol, both as to the fact of its 
representing the human hand and as to the position in which the 
hand was held. The lower right-hand part of the glyph placed above 
figure 4, plate xxrx, bears a strong resemblance to the symbol used 
in the Troano codex to represent Cauac, the 19th day of the Maya 
month. The upper right-hand division of the glyph placed in front 
of the head of figure 8, plate xxx, is remarkably like the symbol used 
in the codices for Ben, the 13th day of the Maya month; the chief 
difference between the two is that in the codices the line which 
divides the glyph in two parts is horizontal, whereas in the painting it 

1Cyrus Thomas, Day Symbols of the Maya Year; Washington, 1897, p. 232. 
