| 438 | Tonalamatls of 260 days each |
| 312 | Solar years of 365 days each |
| 195 | Venus years of 584 days each |
| 146 | Mars years of 780 days each |
| 39 | Venus-Solar periods of 2,920 days each |
| 6 | Calendar Rounds of 18,980 days each |
It will be noted in plate [31] that the concealed starting point of this series is the day 1 Ahau, and that just to the left on the same plate are two dates, 1 Ahau 18 Kayab and 1 Ahau 18 Uo, both of which show this same day, and one of which, 1 Ahau 18 Kayab, is accompanied by its corresponding Initial Series 9.9.9.16.0. It seems not unlikely, therefore, that the day 1 Ahau with which this series commences was 1 Ahau 18 Kayab, which in turn was 9.9.9.16.0 1 Ahau 18 Kayab of the Long Count. This is rendered somewhat probable by the fact that the second division of 13 Venus-Solar periods on pages 46-50 of the Dresden Codex also has the same date, 1 Ahau 18 Kayab, as its terminal date. Hence, it is not improbable (more it would be unwise to say) that the series of numbers which we have been discussing was counted from the date 9.9.9.16.0. 1 Ahau 18 Kayab.
The foregoing examples cover, in a general way, the material presented in the codices; there is, however, much other matter which has not been explained here, as unfitted to the needs of the beginner. To the student who wishes to specialize in this field of the glyphic writing the writer recommends the treatises of Prof. Ernst Förstemann as the most valuable contribution to this subject.
INDEX
Abbreviation in dating, use, [222], [252]
Addition, method, [149]
Adultery, punishment, [9]-[10]
Aguilar, S. de, on Maya records, [36]