146 A STUDY OF THE MANUSCRIPT TROANO. 



On Plate 70 of the Codex the character shown in Fig. 61 occurs, accom- 

 panied, as here indicated, by the numeral character for "thirteen" in black. 

 There is little, if any, room to doubt that this is here used to denote the 

 month Pax. As it bears no resemblance to any of the day characters, the 

 accompanying numerals would certainly lead us to believe it denoted one 

 of the months, and, if so, the one named. Another reason for this belief 

 is that on the same plate — in fact, in the next line — are the characters for 

 Cumhu and Yaxkin, each accompanied by numerals. But in this case, that 



for the former (Cumhu) is given thus: '/VrS^j ^^^^ that for Yaxkin thus: 



*ll^^i ' omitting the appendage added by Landa. Turning to Plate fi9 of 



the same work, we observe what appears to be the same character in the 

 form shown in Fig. 62. Another similar figure on the same plate has the 

 little upper circle cross-hatched, but this is unaccompanied ^^^ 

 by numerals, though there is another by the side of it as in /fSrfi 

 Fig. 63. In the same column we can detect without doubt ^^* 

 Fig. 62. ^]^Q cliaracters for the months Yaxkin, Poop, and Mac. ^'"'' ^'^' 

 On Plates VII*, IX*, and XIX* of the Manuscript, what appears to 

 be the same symbol occurs in the form shown in Fig. 64, with the numeral 



I^i^WB^k character for five annexed in two cases (Plates VII* and IX*). 

 ^j^^St In one instance four bars are distinctly shown, but in the one 

 %^g^^ on Plate IX* the bar to the right is solid ; the one on Plate 

 Fig. g4. VII* is as represented in Fig. 64, proving, as I think, that this 

 difference has no material significance. Can this be used here as the sym- 

 bol of the month! If so, it is the only month symbol I have been able to 

 detect in the Manuscript. The inference is therefore strongly against this 

 assumption. The first two (Plates VII* and IX*) occur in that part of the 

 Manuscript which, according to my interpretation, relates to the festival of 

 the Bee-keepers, and in the middle division, along the lower margin of 

 which we see what are evidently intended to denote offerings. Among 

 them in one place immediately below the character there are two groups, 

 one of three and the other of two red Kans in vases; in another place the 

 leg of a deer. We also find the figure of a deer's leg in immediate con- 

 nection with our character on Plate VII*. The Maya name for a tortilla 



