A Primer of Mayan Hieroglyphics

CONTENTS.

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I. Introductory.

1.	General Character of Mayan Hieroglyphics,		9

2.	The Mayan Manuscripts or “Codices,”		11

3.	Theories of Interpretation. “Alphabets” and “Keys,”		13


II. The Mathematical Elements.

1.	The Codices as Time-counts,		18

2.	The Mayan Numeral System,		19

3.	Numerical and Allied Signs,		19

4.	The Rhetorical and Symbolic Use of Numbers,		24

5.	The Mayan Methods of Counting Time,		25

6.	The Calculations in the Codices,		29

7.	Rules for Tracing the Tonalamatl, or Ritual Calendar,		31

8.	The Codices as Astronomical Treatises,		32

9.	Astronomical Knowledge of the Ancient Mayas,		34


III. The Pictorial Elements.

1.	The Religion of the Ancient Mayas,		37

		Itzamna—Cuculcan—Kin ich—Other Gods—The Cardinal Points—The Good Gods—The Gods of Evil—The Conflict of the Gods.

2.	The Cosmogony of the Mayas,		46

3.	The Cosmical Conceptions of the Mayas,		47

4.	Pictorial Representations of Divinities,		50

		Representations of Itzamna—Of Cuculcan—Of Kin ich—Of Xaman Ek, the Pole Star—Of the Planet Venus—Of Ghanan, God of Growth—Of the Serpent Goddess—of Xmucane—Of Ah puch, God of Death—Of the God of War—Of Ek-Ahau and other Black Gods.

5.	The Maya Priesthood,		68

6.	Fanciful Analogies,		69

7.	Total Number of Representations,		70

8.	Figures of Quadrupeds,		71

9.	Figures of Birds,		72

10.	Figures of Reptiles,		74

11.	Occupations and Ceremonies,		76


IV. The Graphic Elements.

1.	The Direction in which the Glyphs are to be Read,		78

2.	Composition of the Glyphs,		81

3.	The Proper Method of Studying Glyphs,		81

4.	An Analysis of Various Graphic Elements,		Clyx.com