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in making the correction here suggested. We have recorded here 

 therefore : 



8.16.14.15.4 (4 Kan 17 Yaxkin) 

 6.1 Backward 



8.16.14. 9.3 13 Akbal 16 ^ Pop 



In these calculations the terminal date of the Initial Series, 4 Kan 

 17 Yaxkin, is suppressed and the only date given is 13 Akbal 16 Pop, 

 the terminal date of the Secondary Series. 



The above will suffice to show the use of Initial Series in the 

 codices, but before leaving this subject it seems best to discuss 

 briefl}" the dates recorded by these Initial Series in relation to the 

 Initial Series on the monuments. According to Professor Forste- 

 mann" there are 27 of these altogether, distributed as follows: 



Page 24: 

 Page 24: 

 Page 31 : 

 Page 31 : 

 Page 31: 

 Page 43: 

 Page 45 : 

 Page 51 : 

 Page 51 : 

 Page 52: 

 Page 52 : 

 Page 52 : 

 Page 52 : 

 Page 58 : 



9. 9.16. 0. 



9. 9. 9.16. 



8.16.14.15. 



8.16. 3.13. 

 10.13.13. 3. 



9.19. 8.15. 



8.17.11. 3. 



8.16. 4. 8. 

 6. 1. 

 4.11.18 

 5. 7., 8 

 4.10." 8 

 4.11. 3 

 2. 2. 



10.19. 

 9.16. 

 9.19. 

 9.16. 

 9.16. 

 9.18. 



4 







2 •* 











0^ 



8« 



There is a wide range of time covered by these Initial Series; indeed, 

 from the earliest 8.6.16.12.0 (on p. 70) to the latest, 10.19.6.1.8 (on 

 p. 51) there elapsed more than a thousand years. Wliere the differ- 

 ence between the earliest and the latest dates is so great, it is a matter 

 of vital importance to determine the contemporaneous date of the 

 manuscript. If the closing date 10.19.6.1.8 represents the time at 

 which the manuscript was made, then the preceding dates reach back 



1 Incorrectly recorded as 15 in the text. 



2 Bull. 28, Bur. Amer. Elhn., p. -100. 



3 The terminal dates reached have been omitted, since for comparative work the Initial-series num- 

 bers alone are suflScient to show the relative positions in the Long Coimt. 



* The manuscript incorrectly reads 10.13.3.13.2; that is, reversing the position of the tim and uinal coefla- 

 cients. 

 s The manuscript incorrectly reads 8.16.4.11.0. The uinal coefficient is changed to an 8, above. 

 6 The manuscript incorrectly reads 10.19.6.0.8. The uinal coefficient is changed to 1, above. 

 ' The manuscript incorrectly reads 9.16.4.10.18. The uinal coefficient is changed to 11, above. 



8 The manuscript incorrectly reads 9.19.8.7.8. The tun coefficient is changed to 5, above. 



9 The manuscript incorrectly reads 10.8.3.16.4. The katun coefllcient is changed to 13, above. These 

 corrections are all suggested by Professor Forstemann and are necessary if the calculations he suggests are 

 correct, as seems probable. 



