PEATE 44 OF THE FEJERVART CODEX. 



As a connecting link between the particular topic now under discus- 

 sion and the consideration oftbe symbols of the cardinal points, I wish 

 to refer to one plate of the Fejervary Codex, to wit, Plate 44, a fac- 

 simile of which is presented in Plate III: 



A little careful inspection of this plate will suffice to convince the 

 reader that it was gotten up upon the same plan and for the same pur- 

 pose as the "Tableau des Bacab," or plate copied from the Codex Cor- 

 tesianus, which is reproduced in our Plate I. 



The sacred tree or cross, which is represented but once in that plate, 

 and that in the central area, is here shown four times — once in each of 

 the four outer spaces opposite the lour sides of the inner area. 



It is true we do not find here the intermediate ring (or quadrilateral) 

 of days, but these are not wanting, for the four groups, corresponding 

 with those on the four sides of the quadrilateral, are here found at the 

 four corners wedged iu between the colored loops, one group of live at 

 each corner. The chief marked resemblance is to be found in the 

 outer looped line, in which the day characters are connected by rows of 

 dots. But here the lines and loops, although almost precisely in the 

 form and relation to each other as in the plate of the Cortesian Codex, 

 are variously and brightly colored, and the rows of dots are inelosed 

 by lateral lines. 



Xow for the proof that it is designed for the same purpose as the 

 looped line on the. other plate. But it is necessary that I present fiist, 

 in a tabular form, a Mexican calendar (Table XIV) similar to the con- 

 densed Maya calendar heretofore given. 



I also give, immediately following, a list of Mexican days for thirteen 

 months, the number necessary to make the circuit of the plate, just as 

 the list of Maya days heretofore given. In this case I have used the 

 English equivalents of the Mexican words for the benefit of English 



readers. 



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