TABLE, ETC. 



123 





) A1UI1 ICUL III . 



a. 



► Tletl. 



b. 



Tecpatl. 



c. 



Xochitl. 



d. 



Cinteotl. 



e. 



Miquiztli. 



f. 



Atl. 



g- 



Tlazolteotl. 



h. 



Tepeyolotli. 





Quiahuitl. 



In this perpetual almanac, each day in the year is desig- 

 nated by three characteristics derived from the combination 

 of three series, viz. : That of the 20 days of the month, each 

 of which has a distinct name and hieroglyphic, from Cipactli 

 to Xochitl ; and as these names are the same and in the 

 same order in every month, the column in which they are 

 set down answers for every month. The series of 13 days, 

 designed by its proper numeral from 1 to 13. And the se- 

 ries of the 9 night companions, designated in this Table by 

 the letters a, b,. . . .h, i, viz. : 



Thus every day in the year is so distinguished that it can never be confounded 

 with any other. The day 4 Ollin is the 17th day of both the first and the four- 

 teenth month ; but in the first instance it is distinguished by the letter h, and in the 

 second by the letter g. If the characteristics of the 9th day of the 10th month be 

 required, the Table shows that it is 7 All i; and thus also the 13th day of the 16th 

 month (Quecholli) is shown to be 1 Jlcatl g, and the 313th of the year. 



But it is only for the first year of the cycle (1 Tochtli) that the Mexican year cor- 

 responds with ours in the manner stated in the Table. For, on account of our inter- 

 calation of one day every bissextile year, the Mexican year receded, as compared 

 with ours, one day every four years. This correction must therefore be made, 

 whenever a comparison of the dates is wanted for any other than the first year of 

 the cycle. The Mexican intercalation of 13 days at the end of the cycle of 52 

 years made again the first year of every cycle correspond with our year, in the 

 manner stated in the Table. 



Another correction is again necessary, when we have a Tescocan instead of a 

 Mexican date. For the first year of the Mexican cycle was 1 Tochtli, and that of 

 Tescoco was 1 Acatl ; which caused a difference now of three, now of ten days in 

 their calendars, which in every other respect were the same. Both corrections 

 appear in the second Table. — Trans. Amer. Ethnol. Soc, vol. i, p. 114. Tables C '. 

 and C 2 



1st year of Mexic'n Cycle 

 Bissextile year 



do 



do 



Tescocan inter'n 13 days 

 1st year of Tesco'n Cycle 

 Bissextile year 



do.... 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Mexican intercal.l3days 

 1st year of Mexic'n Cycle 

 Bissextile year 



do 



do 



Tescocan inter'n 13 days 

 1st year Tesco'n Cycle > 

 Cortez enters Mexico $ 



Bissextile year 



Capture of Mexico. . . 



Mexican 



A. D. 



Julian 



Old Style. 



year. 



New Style. 





year. 





Mexico. 



Tescoco. 



Mexico. 



Tescoco. 



1 Tochtli 



1454 



Dec. 31 



Dec. 



21 



Jan. 



9 



Dec. 



30 



3 Tecpatl 



1456 



30 





20 





8 





29 



7 do. 



1460 



29 





19 





7 





28 



11 do. 



1464 



28 



| 



18 





6 





27 



1 Acatl 



1467 



28 





31 





6 



Jan. 



9 



2 Tecpatl 



1468 



27 





30 





5 





8 



6 do. 



1472 



26 





29 





4 





7 



10 do. 



1476 



25 





28 





3 





6 



1 do. 



1480 



24 





27 





2 





5 



5 do. 



1484 



23 





26 





1 





4 



9 do. 



1488 



22 





25 



Dec. 



31 





3 



13 do. 



1492 



21 





24 





30 





2 



4 do. 



1496 



20 





23 





29 





1 



8 do. 



1500 



19 





22 





28 



Dec. 



31 



12 do. 



1504 



18 





21 





27 





30 



1 Tochtli 



1506 



31 





21 



Jan. 



9 





30 



3 Tecpatl 



1508 



30 





20 





8 





29 



7 do. 



1512 



29 





19 





7 





28 



11 do. 



1516 



28 





18 





6 





27 



1 Acatl 



1519 



28 





31 





6 



Jan. 



9 



2 Tecpatl 



1520 



27 





30 





5 





8 



3 Calli 



1521 



27 





30 





5 





8 



