Codex Nuttall (1902) - Page 24

occurs in this as well as in the Vienna Codex Also known as the Codex Vindobonensis Mexicanus I, this is a pre-Columbian Mixtec manuscript that records history, genealogy, and ritual dates., will enable the reader to verify the conspicuous frequency, in both Codices, of the date 1 Reed original: "Acatl", 1 Crocodile original: "Cipactli"; this combination often marks the significant beginning of a major chronological cycle..

It is scarcely necessary to emphasize how strongly the prominence of this date, in both Codices, supports the view advanced by Boturini Lorenzo Boturini Benaduci (1702–1755), an Italian scholar who compiled a massive collection of Mexican antiquities and theorized about the mechanics of the indigenous calendar. in 1745, and demonstrated by me

TABLE III

Showing the number of times each of the 52 years of the Mexican calendar cycle occurs in the Codex and in the Vienna Codex. The asterisks designate the years which occur the same number of times in both Codices.¹

Reed Acatl	In Codex	In Vienna Codex	Flint Tecpatl	In Codex	In Vienna Codex	House Calli	In Codex	In Vienna Codex	Rabbit Tochtli	In Codex	In Vienna Codex
1 Reed occurs	10	22	1 Flint occurs	1*	1*	1 House occurs	0	2	1 Rabbit occurs	0	7
2 “ “ “	3	4	2 “ “ “	1*	1*	2 “ “ “	1	2	2 “ “ “	1*	1*
3 “ “ “	5*	5*	3 “ “ “	0	0	3 “ “ “	0	5	3 “ “ “	0	1
4 “ “ “	0	3	4 “ “ “	1	2	4 “ “ “	2	0	4 “ “ “	0	3
5 “ “ “	6	8	5 “ “ “	2	9	5 “ “ “	5	11	5 “ “ “	0	1
6 “ “ “	3*	3*	6 “ “ “	3	4	6 “ “ “	0	3	6 “ “ “	2	6
7 “ “ “	4	22	7 “ “ “	4	5	7 “ “	5	2	7 “ “ “	3	0
8 “ “ “	2	8	8 “ “ “	1	5	8 “ “ “	3	5	8 “ “ “	2	5
9 “ “ “	1*	1*	9 “ “ “	4	2	9 “ “ “	2	0	9 “ “ “	0	10
10 “ “ “	1	3	10 “ “ “	2*	2*	10 “ “ “	5	8	10 “ “ “	0*	0*
11 “ “ “	1*	1*	11 “ “ “	0	1	11 “ “ “	0	2	11 “ “ “	1	2
12 “ “ “	3*	3*	12 “ “ “	7	3	12 “ “ “	2	0	12 “ “ “	2	0
13 “ “ “	1*	1*	13 “ “ “	2	1	13 “ “ “	0*	0*	13 “ “ “	2	16
Total	40	85	Total	29	36	Total	27	38	Total	13	52

¹ The year-signs which do not occur in the Codex are:


4 Reed	3 Rabbit
11 Flint	4 Rabbit
1 House	5 Rabbit
3 House	9 Rabbit
6 House	10 Rabbit
1 Rabbit	13 House

Those which do not occur in the Vienna Codex are:


3 Flint	13 House
4 House	7 Rabbit
9 House	10 Rabbit
11 House	12 Rabbit
12 House

The two year-signs omitted in both Codices alike are 10 Rabbit and 13 House.