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found to be 5 Ahau, and we may supply a red bar above the column 

 of the day signs. Adding the next black number, 18, to this day 

 13 Ix, the beginning day of the next division will be found to be 5 Eb, 

 which appears as the second day sign in the column of day signs. 



The last red number is 5, thus establishing as correct our restora- 

 tion of a red 5 above the column of day signs. From here this tona- 

 lamatl presents no unusual features and it may be worked as follows: 



1st Division 2d Division 3d Division 4th Division Sth Division 



Ist part, 34 days, beginning 

 with day 



2d part, 18 days, beginning 

 with day 



Total number of days 



13 Ix 



52 



5Eb 



13 Cimi 



52 



5 Kan 



13 Eznab 



52 



5Cib 



13 Oc 



52 



5 Lamat 



13 Ik 



52 



Applying rule 4 (p. 253), we have: 5X52=260, the exact number 

 of days in a tonalamatl. The next tonalamatl (see lower part of pi. 

 28, that is, Dresden 15c) has 10 day signs arranged in two parallel 

 columns of 5 each. This, at its face value, would seem to be divided 

 into 10 divisions, and the calculations confirm the results of the pre- 

 liminary inspection. 



The tonalamatl opens with the day 3 Lamat. Adding to this the 

 first black number, 12, the day reached will be 2 Ahau, of which only 

 the 2 is recorded here. Adding to 2 Ahau the next black number, 

 14, the day reached will be 3 Ix. And since 14 is the last black num- 

 ber, this new day ^v^ll be the beginning of the next division in the 

 tonalamatl and will appear as the upper day sign in the second col- 

 umn.^ Commencing with 3 Ix and adding to it the first black num- 

 ber 12, the day reached will be 2 Cimi, and adding to tliis the next 

 black number, 14, the day reached will be 3 Ahau, which appears as 

 the second glyph in the first column. This same operation if carried 

 throughout will give the following outline of this tonalamatl : 



1st Division 2d Division 3d Division 4th Division Sth Division 



1st part, 12 days, beginning 

 with day 



2d part, 14 days, beginning 

 with day 



Total number of days 



3 Lamat 



2 Ahau 



26 



3Ix 



2 Cimi 



26 



3 Ahau 



2Eb 



26 



3 Cimi 



2 Eznab 



26 



Eb 



2 Kan 



26 



I As previously stated, the order of reading the glyphs in columns is from left to right and top to bottom. 



