46 MAYA AND MEXICAN MANUSCRIPTS. 



the rabbit's head in it, each figure with its appropriate numeral. At the 

 topis the word " Oriente," at the left "Norte," at the bottom " Occi- 

 dent o," and at the right " Sur." 



Although this figure was evidently made by this author or for him, it ex- 

 presses his understanding of the assignment of the years and arrange- 

 ment of the colors as ascertained from the data accessible to him. 



His arrangement will therefore be as follows: 



Acatl — East — Gieen. 

 Tecpatl— North — Red. 

 Calli —West —Yellow. 

 Tochtli — South — Blue. 



We find the same idea frequently expressed in the codices now ac- 

 cessible, as, for example, the Borgian and the Vatican B, though the 

 colors do not often correspond with Duran's arrangement. 



Shultz-Sellack, 34 in his article heretofore quoted, arranges the colors 

 in connection with the dominical days in the Maya system as follows : 



Kan — South — Yellow. 

 Muluc — East — Bed. 

 Ix — North — White. 

 Cauac — West — Black. 



He does not appear to be so clear in reference to the Mexican system, 

 in fact he seems to avoid the question of the assignment of the year 

 symbols. His arrangement, as far as I can understand it, is as follows: 



— ? Quetzalcoatl — South — Wind — Yellow. 



— 1 Huitzilopuchtli — East — Fire — Red. 



— ! Tezcatlipoca — North — Water — White. 



— ? Tlaloc — West — Earth — Black. 



Orozco y Berra 35 gives his preference to the opinion of Sahagun, which 

 has already been quoted, and which is the same as that held by Tor- 

 queinada. 36 



The most thorough and extensive discussion of this subject which has 

 so far been made, is by Dr. D. Alfredo Chavero, in the Anales del Museo 

 National de Mexico. 31 



According to this author, who had access not only to the older as well 

 as more recent authorities usually referred to, but also to the manu- 

 script of Fabrigat and the Codex Chimalpopoca or Quauhtitlan, the 

 order of the year symbols or year bearers — Tecpatl, Calli, Acatl, and 

 Tochtli — varied "segun les pueblos? the Toltecs commencing the cycle 

 with Tecpatl, those of Teotihuacan with Calli, those of Tezcuco with 



^Zeit. fur Ethnologie, 1879. 



M Anales Mus. Mex., I, Entrag. 7, p. 209. 



^Monarq. Indiana, lib. X, cap. 36. 



37 Tom. 1, Entrag. 7, torn. II, and continued in torn. III. 



