Fig. 75.—Cuculcan Makes New Fire. (Codex Troano.)
Fig. 76.—The Gods of Death, of Growth, and the North Star. (Dresden Codex).
In Fig. [77] each cartouche begins with mol, and is immediately followed by the monogram of the god. The lower glyphs differ materially.
Fig. 77.—The God of Growth, Kin ich, and Itzamna. (Dresden Codex.)
All the above specimens of texts have been photographed from the Codices, without restoration. They show, therefore, not only the general character of those documents, but also their state of preservation. In many instances the pages have been defaced, and portions of the inscriptions upon them injured. Sometimes it is possible to restore the obliterations by a comparison of parallel passages, and this has been done successfully by various scholars.
The extracts have been selected also with the object of showing the representations of the most prominent deities, Itzamna, Kin ich, Cuculcan, the God of Death, etc., in the manner in which we find them in the Codices.
