Mexican calendar stone
Four ages or four "Suns"
The four panels surrounding the diety represent previous ages or “Suns:”
Sun of Jaguar (upper right)
Sun of Wind (upper left)
Sun of Fire-rain (lower left)
Sun of Water (lower right)
The date of the current age is found in the square at the center top of the stone.
The animals carved into the next ring of the stone represent the 20 days of the Aztec calendar.
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Descripción histórica y cronológica de las dos piedras...
Aztec Sun Stone or Calendar Stone
Mexican calendar stone
Four ages or four "Suns"
Historia de Nueva España
Months of the Aztec Year
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 & 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.
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