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Title: Notes on Certain Maya and Mexican Manuscripts
Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82,
Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 3-66
Author: Cyrus Thomas
Release Date: January 27, 2007 [EBook #20456]
Language: English
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Transcriber's Note
This book was originally published as a part of:
Powell, J. W. 1884 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1881-'82. pp. 3-66. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
The index included in this version of the book was extracted from the
overall volume index.
A number of typographical errors and inconsistencies have been maintained
in this version of this book. Typographical errors have been marked with
a [TN-#], which refers to a description in the complete list found at the
end of the text. A list of words that have been inconsistently spelled is
found at the end of the present text.
Tables II and XV were lists printed in four columns. The contents have been
rearranged by month in this version.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION--BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY
NOTES
ON CERTAIN
MAYA AND MEXICAN MANUSCRIPTS.
BY
PROF. CYRUS THOMAS.
CONTENTS.
Page.
Tableau des Bacab 7
Plate 43 of the Borgian Codex 23
Plate 44 of the Fejervary Codex 30
Symbols of the cardinal points 36
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PLATE I.--Fac-simile of the Tableau des Bacab 7
II.
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