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EXPLANATION OF THE FEJERVARY PLATE. 



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the plate from the Cortesian Codex. The explanation given of the other 

 will enable him to make the comparison without further aid. 



Fig. 6.— Scheme of Plate 44, Fejervary Codoi. 



The numbers in the little circles at the corners and loops replace the 

 days of the original as follows: 1, Cipactli; 2, Ocelotl; 3, Mazatl: 4, 

 Xochitl; o, Acatl; 6, Miquiztli ; 7, Quiahuitl; 8, Malinalli; 9, Coatl; 

 10, Tecpatl ; 14, Ozomatli ; 12, Cuetzpaliu ; 13. Ollin ; 14, Itzcuintli ; 15, 

 Calli; 16,Cozcaquauhtli; 17, All; IS, Echecatl ; 19,Quauhtli; 20,Tochtli. 



As before stated, the four groups of five day symbols are found wedged 

 in between the loops at the corners. 



In the upper left-hand corner we see the following : Cipactli, Acatl, 

 Coatl, Ollin, and Atl (or, to give the English equivalents in the same 

 order, Dragon, Cane, Snake, Movement, and Water), the same as those 

 of column 1 of Tables XI and XII. In the lower left-hand corner, 

 Ehecatl, Itzcuintli, Tecpatl, Miquiztli, and Ocelotl (Wind, Dog, Flint, 

 Death, and Tiger), the same as column 2; in the lower right-hand 

 corner, Quauhtli, Calli, Ozomatli, Quiahuitl, and Mazatl (Eagle, House, 

 Monkey, Eain, and Deer), the same as column 3; and in the upper right- 

 hand corner, Tc-chtli, Cozcaquauhtli, Cuetzpaliu, Malinalli, and Xochitl 



