i^aoMAs] CONTINUOUS SERIES OF DAYS. 41 



.Monthx Days. Months. 



11 Ah an 



12 Ymix 



13 Ik 



1 Akbal 



2 Kan 



3 Chicchan 

 Cell 4 Cimi 



5 Manik 

 Laniat 



7 Muluc 



8 0c 



The reader, in making use of this list, must bear in mind that it is 

 one continuous series of consecutive days, without a single break from 

 beginning to end. The second column on each page follows the end of 

 the first, and the third the end of the second; and the first column of 

 each page follows the third column of the preceding page throughout 

 the table. The reason for commencing the list with Lamat will appear 

 hereafter. 



Before proceeding further it is necessary to give the reasons for con- 

 cluding that in the series now under consideration the count is not 

 from the first day of the month, that is to say, from Kan, Muluc, Ix, 

 and Cauac, as appears to have been the usual custom, but from the 

 last days, that is to say, from Akbal, Lamat, Ben, and Ezanab. Eefer- 

 ring to table 2, under plate 46, it will be seen that 3 Cib is there given 

 as the fourth day of the month Yaxkin, and 5 Cib as the nineteenth 

 day of the month Tzec. ]S"ow, if the year, and consequently the months 

 also, began with Ix, then Cib would be the third day; but if it com- 

 menced with Ben, as shown in the "Ben column" iu table 3, it would 

 be the fourth day. If the year commenced with Kan, then Cib would 

 be the thirteenth day, and the fourteenth if it commenced with Akbal. 

 If the year began with Muluc, it would be the eighth day, and the 

 ninth if it commenced with Lamat. If the year began with Cauac, Cib 

 would be the eighteenth day, and the nineteenth if it commenced with 

 Ezanab. 



It is evident, therefore, that the dates given can be explained only on 

 the theory that the count began with the day usually considered the 

 last of the month iu Ix years. This being true, it may be, as main- 

 tained by Dr. Seler, that at the time and place where the Dresden 

 codex, was formed it was the custom to commence the years with 

 Akbal, Lamat, Ben, and Ezanab, instead of with Kan, Muluc, Ix, and 

 Cauac, which would make the count begin with the last day of tlie 

 month. • 



AlthougJi I have heretofore expressed some doubt concerning this 

 point, yet, since the series can be traced on either ])\au, I have con- 

 cluded to follow Dr. Seler's suggestion, and have constructed the pre- 

 ceding calendar tables on this plan. This obviates the necessity of 

 using double dates, and also brings this system into harmony with the 

 Tzeutal calendar. 



