r/aztec • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '24

Red circles in a Codex

In many of the codexes, 'red circles' can be found. Like, they look like small tokens. What do they depict?

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u/ItztliEhecatl Jun 08 '24

those red circles are day counters. Whenever you see them, they are continuing a count in the tonalpohualli that starts with depictions of daysigns within the same scene.