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ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Page 24 of the Dresden Codex, showing Initial Series 266 



Page 62 of tlie Dresden Codex, showing the Serpent Nnmbers 273 



Itzamna, chief deity of the Maya Pantheon 16 



Kukulcan, God of Learning 17 



Ahpnch, God of Death 17 



The God of War 17 



Ek Ahaii, the Black Captain, war deity 18 



Yum Kaax, Lord of the Harvest 18 



Xaman Ek, the North Star God 19 



Conflict between the Gods of Life and Death (Kukulcan and Ah- 



puch) 19 



Outlines of the glyphs 22 



Examples of glyph elision, showing elimination of all parts except 



essential element 23 



Normal-form and head-variant glyphs, showing retention of essen- 

 tial element in each 24 



Normal-form and head-variant glyphs, showing absence of com- 

 mon essential element 25 



Glyphs built up on a phonetic basis 28 



A rebus. Aztec, and probably Maya, personal and place names 



were written in a corresponding manner 29 



Aztec place names 30 



The day signs in the inscriptions 38 



The day signs in the codices 39 



Sign for the tonalamatl (according to Goodman) 44 



The month signs in the inscriptions 49 



The month signs in the codices 50 



Diagram showing engagement of tonalamatl wheel of 260 days 

 and haab wheel of 365 positions; the combination of the two 



giving the Calendar Round, or 52-year period 57 



Signs for the Calendar Round 59 



Diagram showing section of Calendar-round wheel 64 



Initial-series "introducing glyph " 65 



Signs for the cycle 68 



FuU-figiu-e variant of cycle sign 69 



Signs for the katun 69 



Full-figure variant of katun sign 70 



Signs for the tun 70 



. Full-figure variant of tun sign 70 



Signs for the uinal 71 



Full-figure variant of uinal sign on Zoomorph B, Quirigua 71 



, P'ull-figure variant of uinal sign on Stela D, Copan 71 



, Signs for the kin 72 



, Full-figure variant of kin sign 73 



, Period glyphs, from widely separated sites and of different epochs, 



showing persistence of essential elements 74 



. Ending signs and elements 78 



, "Snake" or "knot" element as used mth day sign Ahau, possibly 



indicating presence of the u kahlay katunob in the inscriptions. 83 



Normal forms of numerals 1 to 19, inclusive, in the codices 88 



, Normal forms of numerals 1 to 19, inclusive, in the inscriptions. . . 89 

 . Examples of bar and dot numeral 5, showing the ornamentation 



which the bar underwent without affecting its numerical value. . 89 



