Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; (1904) (14761661476)

Identifier: mexicancentralam28bowd (find matches)
Title: Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Bowditch, Charles P(ickering), 1842- (from old catalog) ed Seler, Eduard, 1849-1922 Förstemann, Ernst Wilhelm, 1822-1906 Schellhas, Paul, 1859- (from old catalog) Sapper, Karl Theodor, 1866- (from old catalog) Dieseldorff, Erwin P. (from old catalog) Wesselhoeft, Selma, (from old catalog) tr Parker, Alberta M., (from old catalog) tr Jay I. Kislak Reference Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
Subjects: Maya calendar Calendar
Publisher: Washington, Gov't print. off.
Contributing Library: Internet Archive
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pots, as seen in the profile view,which in the front view must have been five white circles arrangedin a quincunx (see 6, figure 96). If we imagine this quincunx ofwhite circles to be inclined- about 45 degrees, I believe we havebefore us what Forstemann has proved to be the hieroglyph of theplanet Venus in the Maya manuscripts (see c and e). Glyphs a andc, figure 95, seem to me to represent the divinity of the planet Venus,with the hieroglyph of that planet painted on his face. Now, asin a and b, figure 93, we found the deity of the morning star repre-sented with a deaths-head as a helmet mask, evidently expressingthe other form, the disguise of this deity, the planet as the eveningstar; so we likewise find parallel figures to the figure painted withthe hieroglyph of Venus, which represent the divinity with the 372 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY (BULL. 28 same attributes and the same face painting, but with a deaths-headinstead of a human face (see /, figure 96, and a, figure 97, which
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Fig. 97. Deity figures from Mexican codices. are on the same superb page 19 of the Borgian codex, Kingsborough,page 20). seler) VENUS PERIOD IN PICTURE WRITINGS 373 After these introductory remarks, I can now pass to the principalrepresentation, found on pages 53 and 54 of the Borgian codex(Kinsborough, pages 62 and 61), which correspond to pages 80 and 84of Codex Vaticanus B (Kingsborough, pages 17 to 13) and the likeplace in the Bologna codex, pages 9 to 11. On page 80 of the Vatican codex we see at the right a figure (6,figure 97) which the first glance proves is identical Avith c, figure 95,and must accordingly represent the deity of the planet Venus withthe hieroglyph of that planet painted on the face. Under the eyes,however, a flourish is added which recalls the facial configurationof certain personages represented in the Maya manuscripts and alsoon pottery figures of Zapotec and Maya (Chiapanec, Guatemalan)origin. The quincunx of the face painting in this figure, and thesame i