3 The Symbolic Vocabulary of the Almanacs

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures ix
4. Color Plates xiii
5. Tables xv
6. Preface xvii
7. 1 Containers of the Knowledge of the World 1
8. 2 Time, the Ritual Calendar, and Divination 13
9. 3 The Symbolic Vocabulary of the Almanacs 33
10. 4 Structures of Prophetic Knowledge 65
11. 5 The Almanacs 83
12. 6 Protocols for Ritual 157
13. 7 The Cosmogony in the Codex Borgia 171
14. 8 Provenience 211
15. 9 A Mexican Divinatory System 231
16. Appendix: Content Summaries 239
17. Notes 253
18. Bibliography 273
19. Index 295