MEXrCAlSr PICTURE WRITINGS FRAGMENT V 



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was considered the old and original god, and holding in his hand a 

 nosegay and a spear. Oj^jDosite him is a goddess with an erect, horn- 

 like tuft of feathers on her head, therefore probably Xochiquetzal. 

 Below, on the right, is an attendant god or priest with a banner in 

 his hand. Below, on the left, is another, who is procuring fire by 

 friction. Beside the latter the date chiciiey ytzcuintli is written, 

 which must be meant to represent the name of this person. Beside 

 the banner-bearer is the word Xochitonal (?). Beside the chief 

 figure above, on the right, is another explanatory note, which I prob- 

 •tbly copied incorrectly, for I can not interpret it; but it begins with 



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.Mexican name glyphs. 



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the word nicali, the same Avord in the same dialect form with which 

 the notes begin on fragment III (plate viii) of our collection. 



It is greatly to be desired that the present very able and energetic 

 director of the IMuseo Xacional of Mexico may speedily publish also 

 the fragments of this gi-eat manuscript, now in the possession of 

 the museum, for in spite of its coarse and clumsy drawings the 

 manuscript is very interesting. 



FRAGMENT V 



Next we have a piece of agave paper 42 cm. long and loi cm. wide, 

 divided into ten divisions by cross lines (plate x). The writer seems 

 to have begun in the old way (see fragment I, plates ii to vi of this 



