Animal Figures in the Maya Codices

Chapter 10

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1. Doe, Dresden 45c. 2. Same, Fegervary-Mayer 26. 3. Same, Tro-Cortesianus 29c. 4. Same, Nuttall 50. 5. Same captured in snare, Tro-Cortesianus 86a. 6. Head-dress of god M, Tro-Cortesianus 50b. 7. Same, Tro-Cortesianus 51c. 8. Doe, Tro-Cortesianus 2b. 9. Head of same, Nuttall 43. 10. Head of doe as sacrifice, Tro-Cortesianus 77. 11. Same, Peresianus 10. 12. Haunch of venison as a sacrifice, Dresden 35a. 13. Same, Tro-Cortesianus 105b. 14. Same, Dresden 28c. 15. Same, Tro-Cortesianus 108a.

PLATE 32

MAMMALIA

YUCATAN PECCARY (_Tayassu angulatum yucatanense_) YUCATAN DEER (_Odocoileus yucatanensis_)

1. Peccary, Nuttall 79. 2. Same, Dresden 68a. 3. Combination, a peccary's head and forefoot, with long tail and hindfoot without hoofs, Tro-Cortesianus 66a[TN-30] 4. Peccary, Dresden 45b. 5. Man with peccary head, Copan, Sela[TN-31] D, cast (Maudslay, I, Pl. 46). 6. Combination animal, with hoofs and dorsal crest of a peccary and scales of a reptile, Dresden 75. 7. Peccary, Nuttall 9. 8. Yucatan deer, with conventionalized antler, glyph for Nahua day sign, _Macatl_, Nuttall 26. 9. Same, Peresianus 5. 10. Glyph for Nahua day sign _Macatl_, Aubin 10. 11. Same, Nuttall 5. 12. Deer, Copan, Stela N, East (Maudslay, I, Pl. 79).

PLATE 33

MAMMALIA

YUCATAN PECCARY (_Tayassu angulatum yucatanense_)

1. Peccary caught in a snare, Tro-Cortesianus 49c. 2. Glyph, Chichen Itza, Monjas, East (Maudslay, III, Pl. 13). 3. Head as a head-dress, Chichen Itza, Temple of the Tigers, Lower Chamber (Maudslay, III). 4. Peccary caught in a snare, Tro-Cortesianus 93a. 5. Tro-Cortesianus 30b. 6. Dresden 62. 7. Glyph representing a peccary's head, Dresden 45b. 8. Same, Dresden 43b. 9. Peccary caught in a snare, Tro-Cortesianus 49a.

PLATE 34

MAMMALIA

JAGUAR, PUMA

1. Jaguar (_Felis hernandezi_), Nuttall 24. 2. Man seated in the open mouth of an animal, possibly a jaguar, Tro-Cortesianus 20a. 3. Nahua day sign, _Oceolotl_, Aubin 9. 4. Pot representing a jaguar or puma (Gann, 1897-1898, Pl. 34). 5. Probably a puma (_Felis bangsi costaricensis_), Chichen Itza, Temple of the Tigers, Painted Chamber (Maudslay, III, Pl. 40). 6. Chichen Itza, Temple of the Tigers, Lower Chamber (Maudslay, III, Pl. 50). 7. Probably a puma, Dresden 47.

PLATE 35

MAMMALIA

COYOTE, BEAR, JAGUAR

1. Probably a coyote (_Canis_), Nuttall 6. 2. Same, Nuttall 26. 3. Possibly a bear (_Ursus_), Dresden 37a. 4. Same, Chichen Itza, Temple of the Tigers (Maudslay, III, 38). 5. Jaguar (_Felis hernandezi_), Dresden 8a. 6. Glyph, probably of a jaguar head, Copan, Stela 4 (Maudslay, I, Pl. 104). 7. Copan, Altar F (Maudslay, I, Pl. 114). 8. Jaguar, Tro-Cortesianus 28c. 9. Stone carving of jaguar head, Palenque, Palace, House C (Maudslay, IV, Pl. 24). 10. Jaguar, Tro-Cortesianus 30b. 11. Glyph, probably of a jaguar. 12. Head of jaguar in fresco, Santa Rita (Gann, 1897-1898, Pl. 31). 13. Same, Tro-Cortesianus 2a. 14. Same, Nuttall 27.

PLATE 36

MAMMALIA

DOG (_Canis_)

1. Dog and crab, Tro-Cortesianus 88c. 2. Tro-Cortesianus 37b. 3. Tro-Cortesianus 66b. 4. Head, Nuttall 34. 5. Nuttall 72. 6. Head, Nuttall 20. 7. Probably a dog, Nuttall 3. 8. Aubin 9. 9. Glyph for day sign _Oc_. 10. Same. 11. Same. 12. Tro-Cortesianus 91d. 13. Glyph for Nahua day sign _Itzcuintli_, Aubin 9. 14. Tro-Cortesianus 27d.

PLATE 37

MAMMALIA

DOG (_Canis_)

1. Dog bearing firebrands, Dresden 40b. 2. Same, Dresden 39a. 3. Same, Dresden 36a. 4. Tro-Cortesianus 88a. 5. Dresden 21b. 6. Tro-Cortesianus 24c. 7. Dresden 13c. 8. Tro-Cortesianus 37a. 9. Dresden 30a. 10. Dresden 7a. 11. Glyph supposed to represent a dog's ribs, Dresden 13c. 12. Dresden 29a. 13. Head, Tro-Cortesianus 91d.

PLATE 38

MAMMALIA

LEAF-NOSED BAT (_Vampyrus spectrum_ or _Phyllostomus hastatus panamensis_)

1. Glyph, Chichen Itza, Akat 'Cib (Maudslay, III, Pl. 19.)[TN-33] 2. Glyph, Copan (Maudslay, I, Pl. 8). 3. Bat god, drawn as glyph, Copan, Stela D (Maudslay, I, Pl. 48). 4. Glyph, Copan (Maudslay, I, Pl. 8). 5. Glyph, Palenque, Temple of the Inscriptions (Maudslay, IV, Pl. 60, gl. Q 1). 6. Glyph, Tikal (Maudslay III, Pl. 74, gl. 41). 7. Bat gad used as decoration on pottery, Chama (Dieseldorff, 1904).

PLATE 39

MAMMALIA

MONKEY AND MISCELLANEOUS

1. Capuchin monkey (_Cebus capucinus_), Nuttall 1. 2. Same, Nuttall 5. 3. Head of same, Nuttall 38. 4. Nondescript animal, possibly a combination of monkey and peccary, Tro-Cortesianus 88c. 5. Glyph, possibly representing a monkey, found in connection with fig. 4. 6. Glyph of head of monkey, Nuttall 1. 7. Head of long-nosed god, Tro-Cortesianus 30a. 8. Head of monkey, glyph for Nahua day sign, _Ocomatli_, Aubin 9. 9. Long-nosed god, Tro-Cortesianus 30b. 10. God with head-dress, Dresden 5c.

Transcriber's Note:

The following typographical errors were noted in the original text:

TN-1 279 "Yucatan Horned Ow" should read "Yucatan Horned Owl" TN-2 281 "Mandslay" should read "Maudslay" TN-3 284 "deRosny" should read "de Rosny" TN-4 299 "connnection" should read "connection" TN-5 299 "signifiance" should read "significance" TN-6 299 "lightening" should read "lightning" TN-7 340 "indicatd" should read "indicated" TN-8 344 "Kayae" should read "Kayab" TN-9 353 "(Dresden 44b, 45b, (Pl. 32, fig. 4)" Has an extra ( before Pl. TN-10 366 "C. hypoleucus Auct.)" should read "Auct.)." TN-11 Footnote 327-[+] "coasa" should read "cosas" TN-12 Footnote 349-* "for" should read "por" TN-13 371 "Espanales" should read "Espanoles" TN-14 371 "l'Ameirque" should read "l'Amerique" TN-15 371 "Bibliotheque" should read "Bibliotheque" TN-16 372 "1895. republished" should read "1895. Republished" TN-17 372 "und Maya-Handschriften:" colon should be a semi-colon TN-18 Plate 2 caption "4, 6" should have a . following TN-19 Plate 8 Plate number was not printed on the page TN-20 Plate 13 caption "Pl. 82, gl. 0, 4" should read "O, 4" TN-21 Plate 15 caption "HERONS FRIGATE" should read "HERONS, FRIGATE" TN-22 Plate 15 caption "6. Heron" should have a . at the end TN-23 Plate 18 caption "8. Same as fig" should read "fig." TN-24 Plate 20 caption "flints, Nuttall" should end with a . TN-25 Plate 22 The word "Plate" was incompletely printed TN-26 Plate 23 "23" was missing the second digit TN-27 Plate 26 caption "Dresden 26c 27c," should have a , after 26c TN-28 Plate 28 caption "uexolot" should read "uexolotl" TN-29 Plate 29 caption "Dresden 61" was missing the . at the end TN-30 Plate 32 caption "Tro-Cortesianus 66a" was missing the . at the end TN-31 Plate 32 caption "Sela" should read "Stela" TN-32 Plate 34 "PLATE 34," should not end with a comma TN-33 Plate 38 "Pl. 19.)" should read "Pl. 19)."

The following words had inconsistent hyphenation:

Blow-fly / Blowfly cross-hatched / crosshatched pit-fall / pitfall

The following words had inconsistent spelling:

dechiffrement / dechiffrement Fegervary-Mayer / Fejervary-Mayer / Fejervary-Mayer Relacion / Relacion role / role