[401]. “The metre is the only measure of dimension which agrees with that adopted by these most ancient artists and architects.”—Dr. LePlongeon. Mayapan and Maya Inscriptions, in Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, April, 1881.
[402]. “Nearly all the monuments of Yucatan bear evidence that the Mayas had a predilection for the number seven,” etc. LePlongeon, Vestiges of the Mayas, p. 63 (New York, 1881). Of course, this may have other symbolic meanings also.
[403]. Coto, Diccionario de la Lengua Cakchiquel, MS.
[404]. Coto, Diccionario, MS., s. v. “Ploma de albañil.”
[405]. “Cuanto se mide con el pulgar y el indice.” Molina, Vocabulario de la Lengua Mexicana.
[406]. Carochi, Arte de la Lengua Mexicana, p. 123.
[407]. Orozco y Berra, Historia Antigua de la Conquista de Mexico, Tomo i, pp. 557–8, (Mexico, 1880).
[408]. Memoria de los Trabajos ejecutados por la comision scientifica de Pachuca en el año de 1861, p. 357, quoted by Orozco. Almaraz’s words are not at all precise: “la unidad lineal, con pequeñas modificaciones, debió ser cosa de o, m 8, ó cuatro palmos próximamente.”
[409]. The Metrical Standard of the Mound-Builders. Reduced by the Method of Even Divisors. By Col. Chas. Whittlesey (Cleveland, 1883).
[410]. Notes on Mitla, in Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, April, 1882, p. 97.