Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Plates 75, 76; Six paintings presenting columns

This pair of double pages provide a final review of the entire tonalamatl in eight segments. Each segment is correlated with half a trecena and a painting. The pages were damaged but a sequence can easily be deduced from the parts which were not damaged. I have not yet discovered the meaning of the paintings associated with each segment.


Plate 75
Bottom right painting with column 1, Cipactli, in order beneath then dots include six columns;
Bottom left painting with column 8,Tochtli, in order beneath then dots include five columns

Plate 76
Bottom right painting with column 14, Ocelotl, in order beneath then dots include six columns
Bottom left painting with column 21, Cipactli, in order beneath then dots include five columns

Plate 76
Top left painting with column 27, Mazatl, in order beneath then dots include six columns
Top right painting with column 34,Ocelotl, in order beneath then dots include five columns

Plate 75
Top left painting with column 40, Xochitl, in order beneath then dots include six columns
Top right painting with column 47, Mazatl, in order beneath then dots include five columns.

Meaning of these Plates

There are 20 trecenas and these plates are a method of associating painted descriptions with one method of grouping portions of trecenas. The index of grouping is presented on Plates 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 and 8.

Plate 75 presents a subgroup of the first seven columns of days on Plates 1 and 2 with the painting at lower right of Plate 75.

Plate 75 also presents a subgroup of the next six columns of days on Plates 1 and 2 with the painting at lower left of Plate 75.

Plate 76 then presents a subgroup of the first seven columns of days on Plates 3 and 4 with the painting at lower right of Plate 76.

Plate 76 also presents a subgroup of the next six columns of days on Plates 3 and 4 with the painting at lower left of Plate 76.

The upper parts of Plates 75 and 76 have damaged portions but the pattern of association continues.


Plate 76 presents a subgroup of the first seven columns of days on Plates 5 and 6 with the damaged painting at upper left of Plate 76.

Plate 76 also presents a subgroup of the next six columns of days on Plates 5 and 6 with the painting at upper right of Plate 76.

Plate 75 then presents a subgroup of the first seven columns of days on Plates 7 and 8 with the painting at upper left of Plate 75.

Plate 75 also presents a subgroup of the next six columns of days on Plates 7 and 8 with the painting at upper right of Plate 75.

Each icon of the tonalpohualli has been assigned another picture association by these two plates.

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