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A STUDY OF THE MANUSCRIPT TROANO. 



This character (Fig-. 50) has already been referred t;0 as occurring on 

 Plates XX-XXIII of the Manuscript and 25-28 of the Codex, and as being 

 used to denote the "stone heap" on which the Uayeb idols 

 were placed. The reasons given for this belief I think wan-ant 

 me in assuming it to be codTect. Referring to the Lexicon we 

 find that j^ii' signifies "a stone serving- to form the divisions in a 

 Fig. 50. Katun or cycle"; jU^^'^'j "stones placed one upon another, serving 

 to count the intervals in a cycle"; Pi)iz, "a stone oh a fishing line," and 

 tun, stone in a general sense. As the connection in which it is found relates 

 to the end and commencement of periods of time, I take for granted that 

 if it represents a word it is either the first (^^/~~) or second ( ppic). 



This combination (Fig. 51) found on the back of the spotted dog 

 in Plate XXI, appears from Landa's statement, as already shown, to 

 represent "bread of maize." The usual form of the combination, 

 Fig. 51. which is found very often, is given in Fig. 52, but the order in which 

 the characters are placed is frequently the reverse of that given in the figure. 



I think I have presented 

 <yy_ IfclVolfi. good reasons for believing 

 that the characters shown in 

 Fig. 53 are used to denote 

 Fig. 53. "east" and "west." The one 



marked n I have concluded denotes East — in Maya likin or J akin ; the one 

 marked h, West — cMhin. Whether this conclusion be correct or not, I think 

 there can be no doubt that one denotes one of these cardinal points, and the 

 other the other cardinal point. This being admitted, 

 we are not left in doubt as to the signifi- 

 cation of the lower part of these compound 

 characters, as it must be the hieroglyph 

 for kin, "sun" or "day." 



The charactert^> for the other cardinal points — north and south — 

 are given in Fig. 54. As there is yet some doubt as to their assign- 

 ment I pass them for the present, allowing the conclusion heretofore reached 

 in reference to them to stand. 



The character shown in Fig. 55, wlien placed on a figure, denotes. 



