Chapter I: Front Matter

Transcriber's Note:

This book was originally published as a part of:

Powell, J. W.
1888 _Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-'85._ pp.
253-372. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.

The index included in this version of the book was extracted from the overall volume index.

A number of typographical errors found in the original text have been maintained in this version. They are marked in the text with a [TN-#]. A description of each error is found in the complete list at the end of the text.

Tables XX, XXI, and XXII were too wide to fit within the character limits of the text file for this ebook. They have been broken into two parts.

Special characters:

The following characters used in the original publication are not available in the character set used for this version of the book. They have been replaced with the following codes.

[=h] Small h with stroke
[(1)] Circled 1
[(2)] Circled 2
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[(4)] Circled 4
[(5)] Circled 5
[(6)] Circled 6
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION--BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY.

AIDS TO THE STUDY

OF

THE MAYA CODICES.

BY

PROF. CYRUS THOMAS.

CONTENTS.

Introduction 259
CHAP. I. The numerals in the Dresden Codex 261
II. Conclusions 339
III. The writing 345
Signification of the characters 347
Symbols of animals &c 348
Symbols of deities 358
Discussion as to phonetic features of the characters 365

ILLUSTRATIONS.

FIG. 359. Line of day and numeral symbols from Plates 36_c_ and
37_c_, Dresden Codex 272
360. Line of day and numeral characters from Plates 33-39,
Dresden Codex 276
361. Unusual symbol for Akbal from Plate 8 of the Dresden Codex 284
362. Copy of Plate 50, Dresden Codex 297
363. Copy of Plate 51, Dresden Codex 306
364. Copy of Plate 52, Dresden Codex 307
365. Copy of Plate 53, Dresden Codex 308
366. Copy of Plate 54, Dresden Codex 309
367. Copy of Plate 55, Dresden Codex 310
368. Copy of Plate 56, Dresden Codex 311
369. Copy of Plate 57, Dresden Codex 312
370. Copy of Plate 58, Dresden Codex 313
371. Specimens of ornamental loops from page 72, Dresden Codex 337
372. Numeral character from the lower division of Plate XV,
Manuscript Troano 343
373. Turtle from the Cortesian Codex, Plate 17 348
374. Jar from the Cortesian Codex, Plate 27 349
375. Worm and plant from Manuscript Troano, Plate XXIX 351
376. Figure of a woman from the Dresden Codex 351
377. Copy of middle and lower divisions of Plate XIX,
Manuscript Troano 352
378. Copy of lower division of Plate 65, Dresden Codex 353
379. The moo or ara from Plate 16, Dresden Codex 355
380. The god Ekchuah, after the Troano and Cortesian Codices 358
381. The long nosed god (Kukulcan) or god with the snake-like
tongue 359
382. Copy of head from the Borgian Codex (Quetzalcoatl?) 360
383. The supposed god of death from the Dresden Codex 361
384. The supposed god of death from the Troano Codex 361
385. The god with the banded face from the Troano Codex 362
386. The god with the old man's face 363
387. The god with face crossed by lines 364
388. Wooden idol in vessel with basket cover 371

AIDS TO THE STUDY OF THE MAYA CODICES.

BY CYRUS THOMAS.