Book of C^ilam Balam of Kaua
pp. 104-109 = MS pp. 11-12 (see also pp. 128-130 = MS p. 21) connotations of the kinob (days) of the uinal (20-day cycle)
p. |
MS p. |
day |
its human nature |
its tidings |
its bird |
its tree |
104, 106 |
11 |
Kan |
(106) singer |
(106) magpie |
(104) Grey’s thrush |
red imix-tree |
106 |
Chicchan |
murderer |
rattlesnake |
fish-poison |
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Cimi |
diviner |
(none) |
owl |
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Manik |
thief |
mountaineer [parrot (129)] |
cotinga |
chocolate |
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Lamat |
drunkard, imposter |
hound [bitten by leopard (129)] |
chatterbox |
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106-7 |
Muluc |
(107) fox-killers |
(106) shark who devoured wife |
falcon |
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107 |
Oc |
dandy, solicitor |
perched heron |
[falcon (129)] |
(perch) |
|
Chuen |
carpenter |
army-emmet |
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Eb |
tax-collector |
thrush |
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Ben |
worthless man |
grackle |
sprouted sweet-potato |
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12 |
Ix ‘leopard’ |
warrior |
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108 |
Men |
weaver |
immature reed |
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Cib |
hunter |
little deer |
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Caban |
merchant |
woodpecker |
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Edznab ‘lancet’ |
bloodletter |
motmot |
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Cauac |
scribes |
quetzal |
grackle |
chocolate |
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108-9 |
Ahau |
(109) eagle |
(108) water-gourd |
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109 |
Imix ‘maize bread’ |
lewd man, lecher |
frangipani [comet (128)] |
frangipani |
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Ik |
very lewd lecher |
winds [wind-comet (128)] |
frangipani |
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Akbal |
worthless man |
flood [fawn (128)] |
{N.B. occupational (professional) categories are also mentioned for the Norse runes}
pp. 120-123 Guidonian hand (guide to plainsong)
pp. 126 & 127 Christian saints of the days of the 20-day cycle [cf. C^umayel, p. 62; Co`dice Pe`rez pp. 93-94 (p. 127, fn. 157)]
day |
Saint __ |
Kan |
Francis |
Chicchan |
Augustine |
Cimi |
Caspar |
Manik |
Nicolas |
Lamat |
Michael |
Muluc |
Alphonsus |
Oc |
Lawrence |
Chuen |
Balthazar |
Eb |
Christopher |
Ben |
Jerome |
Ix |
Simon |
Men |
Boniface |
Cib |
Melchior |
Caban |
Bonaventure |
Edznab |
Benedict |
Cauac |
Matthew |
Ahau |
Martin |
Imix |
Andrew |
Ik |
Luke |
Akbal |
Mark |
pp. 130-132, 134 = MS pp. 22-23, 26 forecasts the years according to the days of the week whereon they begin
p. |
MS p. |
__-day |
evil forecast |
good in forecast |
130-1 |
22 |
Sun- |
(130) drought, (131) bees will be destroyed |
|
131 |
22-3 |
Mon- |
(23) plague, bees will die |
(22) great rain |
23 |
Tues- |
dissension, drought, maize expensive, epidemic |
dew |
|
132 |
Wednes- |
confrontations, travelers die on journeys, prodigal pimps |
servants will improve |
|
132, 134 |
23, 26 |
Thurs- |
(132, 134) no trees will blossom, (134) very long drought |
|
134 |
26 |
Fri- |
plagues |
danger to infidels |
Satur- |
drought with famine |
pp. 132-133 = MS pp. 24-25 bodily members not to be treated by bloodletting according to the months
p. |
MS p. |
month |
member of body |
bleed |
purge |
132 |
24 |
Jan |
+ |
0 |
|
Feb |
leg |
+ |
+ |
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133 |
Mar |
head, ear |
+ |
0 |
|
Apr |
leg |
+ |
+ |
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May |
arm |
0 |
/ |
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Jun |
chest |
0 |
+ |
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25 |
Jul |
penis |
0 |
0 |
|
Aug |
0 |
0 |
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Sep |
leg |
+ |
+ |
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Oct |
penis |
0 |
+ |
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Nov |
+ |
+ |
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Dec |
kneecap |
+ |
0 |
pp. 135-140 = MS pp. 28-32 bodily members to be bled, and remedies, according to the months
p. |
MS p. |
mo. |
member of body |
remedy |
135 |
28 |
Jan |
instep |
|
136 |
Feb |
larynx, tongue |
bone of fish |
|
Mar |
middle joint of little finger |
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Apr |
woman’s breast |
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137 |
29 |
May |
below waist |
blood of centipede |
Jun |
side of big toe |
blood of leopard |
||
30 |
Jul |
eye of dogfish; emmet larvae |
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138 |
Aug |
calf of leg |
black leopard blood |
|
30-1 |
Sep |
(30) armpit, (31) ball of foot |
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139 |
31 |
Oct |
shin, left foot |
irritability herb |
31-2 |
Nov |
(31) 2nd joint of little finger; beneath kneecap |
(32) stained-tree, camphorweed, slipperflower |
|
140 |
32 |
Dec |
beneath anklebone |
poor-man’s-pepper, wild verbena, gumbo-limbo, mimosa, rubber-tree, contrayerba |
pp. 149-150 (also pp. 247-248) traits of the planets
pp. 150-151 (MS p. 38) archangels of the days
p. |
planet |
archangel |
150 |
Sun |
Raphael |
Moon |
Gabriel |
|
Mars |
Sammael |
|
Mercury |
Michael |
|
Jupiter |
Sachiel |
|
Venus |
Anael |
|
151 |
Saturn |
Cassiel |
p. 154 human organs assigned to the planets
pp. 170-193 Christian saints of the days of the year
pp. 194-209, 211-221 = MS pp. 73-86, 88-98 (see also pp. 242-247) fates of persons according to the months wherein they are born
p. |
MS p. |
month |
life-span of man : __ years |
life-span of woman : __ years |
age at 1st illness : __ years |
age at 2nd illness : __ years |
age at 3rd illness : __ years |
|
195 |
74 |
January |
58 |
56 |
34 |
37 |
-- |
|
197 |
75 |
February |
65 |
15 |
30 |
-- |
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198 |
77 |
March |
75 |
45 |
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202 |
80 |
April |
64 |
66 |
12 |
15 |
40 |
|
204 |
81 |
May |
68 |
62 |
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206 |
83 |
June |
73 |
70 |
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208 |
85 |
July |
71 |
72 |
40 |
(5 more illnesses) |
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212-3 |
89 |
August |
84 |
77 |
29 |
36 |
50 |
|
214 |
91-2 |
September |
77 |
66 |
6 |
18 |
35 |
|
216 |
93 |
October |
61 |
72 |
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218 |
95 |
November |
67 |
47 |
7 |
18 |
28 |
|
221 |
97 |
December |
77 |
69 |
pp. 254-258; 262-264 heavens of the planets
pp. 265 = MS pp. 133 prognostics of thunder according to cardinal directions
direction |
prognostic |
east |
envy |
south |
epidemic |
zenith |
sickness |
north |
evil people |
pp. 266-267 = MS p. 134 prognostics of thunder according to days of the week
p. |
__-day |
prognostic |
266 |
Sun- |
death of priests |
Mon- |
death of soldiers |
|
Tues- |
there will be no tree-fruits |
|
Wednes- |
"great misery over all the world" |
|
Thurs- |
there will be tree-fruits |
|
267 |
Fri- |
"punishment of old men" |
Satur- |
viciousness or conquaest |
p. 292 = MS p. 154 plants entered into by the fallen angels of Lucifer
mistletoe, spoon herb, anoda, high bromeliad, small bromeliad |
p. 300 = MS pp. 161-162 numerics of the tribulations of Jesus
MS p. |
# |
the counted |
161 |
190 |
soldiers in "garden" {of Gethsemane} |
162 |
23 |
prosecutors |
33 |
{thorns in crown} "on my head" |
|
180 |
blows of the hand on chest |
|
80 |
blows of the hand on back |
|
23 |
times "was stretched by a rope on my hair" |
|
30 |
times was spat upon |
|
5,660 |
lashes on spine |
|
30 |
drops of blood were spilled |
|
1,606 |
persons "prayed for me" |
|
12 |
years of pardons were bestow [on those who prayed] |
|
4 |
days before their death appear to then : Virgin Mary, Joseph, Joachim, Anne |
pp. 306-317 = MS pp. 166-171 characteristics of "20" [or 24 (according to the MS text – vide p. 307a, fn. 1762)]-year cycles in history {N.B. 24 * 13 = 260 + 52 = 312 years}
p. |
MS p. |
ka-tun |
name |
seat (city) |
face {seen in sky?} |
2 who descend (, or burthen) |
306-7 |
166 |
5 |
? |
? |
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307-8 |
3 |
(307) Ah Napot Xiu |
Zuyua |
Yax Cocah Mut |
(308) (Sac Pat Ay; Buluc Chab Tan) |
|
308-9 |
1 |
(308) Zon Ceh |
Mal ("Emal" in Co`dice Pe`rez – p. 398b, fn. 1780) |
(309) Amayte Ku |
(308) Ix Puc Yola; Ix Ual Ici |
|
309 |
167 |
12 |
Ahau Tuyu |
Saclactun |
Yaxal Chuen |
|
310 |
10 |
Xul Kum Chen |
Lahun Chable |
Lahun Chanal |
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8 |
Tucuch |
Lahun Chable |
Amayte Kauil, Cit Ua |
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311 |
168 |
6 |
Cit Coat Chumayel |
Uxmal; Uuc Yabnal |
Kinich Kakmo |
|
311-2 |
4 |
(311) Ul Uac Chan |
(311) Uuc Yabnal; (312) Chi Chen |
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312-3 |
2 |
(312) Nauat |
May Cu = Valladolid |
(313) (Sac Pat Ay) |
(Buluc Chab Tan) |
|
313 |
169 |
13 |
Ah Kin Chi Coba |
Kinchil Coba |
Itzam Na & Itzam Tzab |
|
314 |
11 |
Yiban Caan |
Ichcansihoo (= Me`rida) |
Yaxal Chac |
(Sulin Chan; Chakan Putun) |
|
314-5 |
169-70 |
9 |
(314 = 169) Pacab |
Uuc Yabnal |
(315 = 170) Sip (‘sin’) |
|
315-6 |
170 |
7 |
(315) Kan Caba |
Mayapan |
(315) Ek Chuuah[, (316) Chacohom (‘rain’)] |
|
316 |
5 |
Kupul |
Zodzil |
{god’s face seen in sky in also a Hawai>ian theme}
pp. 467-470 for days in 40-day sequence
MIDDLE AMERICAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Publication 68 = Victoria R. Bricker & Helga-Maria Miram (translatrices) : An Encounter of two Worlds : the Book of Chilam Balam of Kaua. Tulane U, New Orleans, 2002.