[333-1] Codex has 19, which is equivalent to 1 year and 1 month.
[337-1] While reading the final proof I fortunately discovered what may prove to be the correct explanation of the numbers in the loops.
At the commencement of the series on Plate 71 and at its close on Plate 73 we observe the symbol of the day, 9 Ix. Starting from this date and counting forward on the calendar two months and fourteen days, we reach 11 Lamat. This gives the number in the first loop of the series. Two months and fourteen days more bring us to 13 Ik, the number in the second loop; two months and fourteen days to 2 Cib, the number in the third loop, and so on to the end. It is therefore probable that the numerals in the loops indicate the week numbers of the days, though these are usually expressed in red symbols.
[338-1] The 7 in the twelfth column is an error; it should be 8, as an inspection shows the place of the missing dot. The additions make it clear that the numbers of the second line refer to months, those of the line below them to days, and those of the line above to years. The series is, therefore, apparently complete without the numbers inclosed in the loops.
CHAPTER II.
CONCLUSIONS.
The conclusions to be drawn from the foregoing discussion may be briefly stated as follows:
First. That the codex in its present form is composite, being made up from two or more different original manuscripts, as Dr. Förstemann has suggested.