BY

EDWARD S. HOLDEN,
PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS, U. S. NAVAL OBSERVATORY.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

[List of illustrations][206]
[Introductory][207]
[Materials for the present investigation][210]
[System of nomenclature][211]
[In what order are the hieroglyphs read?][221]
[The card catalogue of hieroglyphs][223]
[Comparison of plates I and IV (Copan)][224]
[Are the hieroglyphs of Copan and Palenque identical?][227]
[Huitzilopochtli, Mexican god of war, etc.][229]
[Tlaloc, or his Maya representative][237]
[Cukulean or Quetzalcoatl][239]
[Comparison of the signs of the Maya months][243]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Figure[48.—The Palenquean Group of the Cross][221]
[49.—Statue at Copan][224]
[50.—Statue at Copan][225]
[51.—Synonymous Hieroglyphs from Copan and Palenque][227]
[52.—Yucatec Stone][229]
[53.—Huitzilopochtli (front)][232]
[54.—Huitzilopochtli (side)][232]
[55.—Huitzilopochtli (back)][232]
[56.—Miclantecutli][232]
[57.—Adoratorio][233]
[58.—The Maya War-God][234]
[59.—The Maya Rain-God][234]
[60.—Tablet at Palenque][234]