175 
FRAGMENT 
OF A 
CHRISTIAN CALENDAR, 
I 
TAKEN FROM THE 
AZTECK MANUSCRIPTS, 
PRESERVED IN THE 
ROYAL LIBRARY OF BERLIN. 
V, ^ - f 
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. 
