Applying rule 4 (p. [253]) to this tonalamatl, we have: 4 × 65 = 260, the exact number of days in a tonalamatl.

Another set of interesting tonalamatls is figured in plate [30], Tro-Cor., 102.[[250]] The first one on this page appears in the second division, 102b, and is divided into five parts, as the column of five day signs shows. The order of reading is from left to right in the pair of number columns, as will appear in the following outline of this tonalamatl:


1st Division 2d Division 3d Division 4th Division 5th Division
1st part, 2 days,
beginning with day
4 Manik 4 Cauac 4 Chuen 4 Akbal 4 Men
2d part, 7 days,
beginning with day
6 Muluc 6 Imix 6 Ben 6 Chicchan 6 Caban
3d part, 2 days,
beginning with day
13 Cib 13 Lamat 13 Ahau 13 Eb 13 Kan
4th part, 10 days,
beginning with day
2 Eznab 2 Oc 2 Ik 2 Ix 2 Cimi
5th part, 9 days,
beginning with day
12 Lamat 12 Ahau 12 Eb 12 Kan 12 Cib
6th part, 22 days,
beginning with day
8 Caban 8 Muluc 8 Imix 8 Ben 8 Chicchan
Total number of days 52 52 52 52 52

Applying rule 4 (p. [253]) to this tonalamatl, we have: 5 × 52 = 260,

the exact number of days in a tonalamatl. The next tonalamatl on this page (see third division in pl. [29], that is, Tro-Cor., 102c) is interesting chiefly because of the fact that the pictures which went with the third and fourth parts of the five divisions are omitted for want of space. The outline of this tonalamatl follows:


1st Division 2d Division 3d Division 4th Division 5th Division
1st part, 17 days,
beginning with day
4 Ahau 4 Eb 4 Kan 4 Cib 4 Lamat
2d part, 13 days,
beginning with day
8 Caban 8 Muluc 8 Imix 8 Ben 8 Chicchan
3d part, 10 days,
beginning with day
8 Oc 8 Ik 8 Ix 8 Cimi 8 Eznab
4th part, 12 days,
beginning with day
5 Ahau 5 Eb 5 Kan 5 Cib 5 Lamat
Total number of days 52 52 52 52 52

Applying rule 4 (p. [253]) to this tonalamatl, we have: 5 × 52 = 260, the exact number of days in a tonalamatl. The last tonalamatl in plate [29], Tro-Cor., 102d, commences with the same day, 4 Ahau, as the preceding tonalamatl and, like it, has five divisions, each of which begins with the same day as the corresponding division in the tonalamatl just given, 4 Ahau, 4 Eb, 4 Kan, 4 Cib, and 4 Lamat. Tro-Cor. 102d differs from Tro-Cor. 102c in the number and length of the parts into which its divisions are divided.

Adding the first black number, 29, to the beginning day, 4 Ahau, the day reached will be 7 Muluc, of which only the 7 appears in the text. Adding to this the next black number, 24, the day reached will be 5 Ben. An examination of the text shows, however, that the day actually recorded is 4 Eb, the last red number with the second day sign. This latter day is just the day before 5 Ben, and since the sum of the black numbers in this case does not equal any factor of 260 (29 + 24 = 53), and since changing the last black number from 24 to 23 would make the sum of the black numbers equal to a factor of 260 (29 + 23 = 52), and would bring the count to 4 Eb, the day actually recorded, we are justified in assuming that there is an error in our original text, and that 23 should have been written here instead of 24. The outline of this tonalamatl, corrected as suggested, follows:


1st Division 2d Division 3d Division 4th Division 5th Division
1st part, 29 days,
beginning with day
4 Ahau 4 Eb 4 Kan 4 Cib 4 Lamat
2d part, 23[[251]] days,
beginning with day
7 Muluc 7 Imix 7 Ben 7 Chicchan 7 Caban
Total number of days 52 52 52 52 52