Representation of deities of the Maya manuscripts (1904)
Schellhas, Paul, 1859- · Cambridge, Mass. : Pub. by the Museum · leaf 336
320 ANIMAL FIGURES IN THE MAYA CODICES little. As in other representations of the crocodile, the lower j aw does not appear, and even in this dorsal view the artist seems to have deemed it necessary to show the row of teeth as if in side view, or as though they projected laterally from the mouth.… … Dresden 74 shows an animal which has been considered to represent a crocodile or alligator but it seems to have more of the characteristics of a lizard. Figures of a crocodile ( Crocodilus americanus ) are frequent in the Nuttall Codex, where there is one large figure of the entire animal (PI. 13,…
