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(Pic 1) The beginning of a 13-day sequence from the ritual calendar, Codex Magliabecchiano (Click on image to enlarge) |
In the main picture are four days, beginning with 9-Death. The 260-day ritual calendar was composed of an imaginary ‘wheel’ of 20 day signs and another of 13 numbers. To work out the next day’s name, you simply move forward a number and move forward a day sign.
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(Pic 2) The sequence continues... (Click on image to enlarge) |
This particular 13-day sequence begins (pic 1) with 1-Flint and ends (pic 3) with 13-Dog.
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(Pic 3) The last day in the sequence of 13 (Click on image to enlarge) |
Notice how the day sign glyphs look very different to those found in the Aztec Sunstone (see these on our 20-day-sign resource sheet, link below). You can tell straight away that a different scribe is at work!