72 A STUDY OF THE MANUSOKIPT TROANO. 



for the lettei" "T," I think there can be no doubt that when combined with 

 the side wing it signifies "sun" or "day," both words being the same in the 

 Maya language. I find that Brasseur and Dr. Valentini' reached the same 

 conclusion respecting this character, which bears some resemblance to the 



Mexican symbol for dayf ^< V and a still closer resemblance to that for 

 year, f * I I am satisfied, therefore, that these two characters refer to 



the east and the west, and hence that the only point left for us to decide is, 

 which appertains to the east and which to the west. This I think may be 

 determined from the plates of the Dresden Codex. If No. 1 on Plate 27 

 must there be either south or east, and our reasoning showing that it could 

 not be either south or north be correct, it follows that it must signify east, 

 the direction assigned to the Kan year, and that here it refers to the final 

 resting place of the idol Kan-u- Uayeyah. 



If I am so far correct then character No. 1 (Fig. 8) signifies east. No. 

 2 north, No. 3 west, and No. 4 south. 



If we turn now to Plates 46, 47, 48, 49, and 50 of this Codex we find 

 on each, two square groups or masses of characters consisting of either five 

 or six transverse lines and four columns. One transverse line of each group 

 is composed of these four characters, which, as I believe, are here used to 

 indicate the cardinal points. Assuming my interpretation of them to be 

 correct, it will be necessary to read these lines from right to left to obtain 

 the order given by Perez; for example the lines on these plates read, as 

 the characters stand, thus: 



First group, Plate 46. — North, east, south, west. 



Second group, Plate 46. — West, north, east, south. 



First group, Plate 47. — North, east, south, west. 



Second group, Plate 47. — West, north, east, south. 



First group, Plate 48. — North, east, south, west. 



Second group, Plate 48. — West, north, east, south. 



And the same on Plates 49 and 50. Reading these from the right to 

 the left we have the order given by Perez, but the initial days will be as 



'Also Rosny. 



