175 



FRAGMENT 



OF A 



CHRISTIAN CALENDAR, 



TAKEN FROM THE 



AZTEC K MANUSCRIPTS, 



PRESERVED IN THE > 



ROYAL LIBRARY OF BERLIN. 



PLATE LVII. 



This hieroglyphic calendar, made after the ar- 

 rival of the Spaniards, is that of which we have 

 spoken in the beginning of this work*. The 

 paper is of metl ; the figures are merely sketched, 

 and not coloured, as in the wrappers of some of 

 the Egyptian mummies, and appear more like 

 writing than painting. The days of festivals 

 are indicated by rounds, which denote the units. 

 The Holy Ghost is represented under the form 



* See vol. xiii, p, 191, 



