The Aztec Year and the Aztec Month
In the image on the right, il Mese Messicano, we see pictographs for the Aztec day names: Alligator—Wind—House—Lizard—Serpent—Death—Deer—Rabbit—Water—Dog—Monkey—Grass of Penance—Reed—Jaguar—Eagle—Vulture—Movement—Stone Knife—Rain—Flower.
More Exhibit Items
Descripción histórica y cronológica de las dos piedras: Que con ocasión del nuevo empedrado que se está formando en la plaza principal de México . . .
Aztec Sun Stone or Calendar Stone
Mexican calendar stone
Four ages or four “Suns”
Historia de Nueva España
The Aztec Year—and its Months and Days
Il Secolo Messicano, from Storia antica del Messico
The Aztec Century
L’anno Messicano and il Mese Messicano, from Storia antica del Messico
The Aztec Year and the Aztec Month
Codice jeroglifico Troano-americano
La clave jeroglífica aplicada a la conquista de México
Historia antigua y de la conquista de México
Aztec Day Names in Nahuatl
Notes on certain Maya and Mexican manuscripts
Drawing is based on an image in the Borgia Codex.