A Primer of Mayan Hieroglyphics
by Daniel G. Brinton
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About this eBook
- Author
- Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899
- Credits
- Produced by Richard Tonsing, Julia Miller, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PM: Language and Literatures: Indigenous American and Artificial Languages
- Subject
- Picture-writing
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 57540
- Release Date
- July 19, 2018
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.A PRIMER OF MAYAN HIEROGLYPHICS
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.CONTENTS.
- 4.I. Introductory. — 1. General Character of Mayan Hieroglyphs. — 2. The Mayan Manuscripts or “Codices.” — 3. Theories of Interpretation.
- 5.II. The Mathematical Elements. — 1. The Codices as Time-Counts. — 2. The Mayan Numeral System. — 3. Numerical and Allied Signs. — 4. The Rhetorical and Symbolic Use of Numbers. — 5. The Mayan Methods of Counting Time. — 6. The Calculations in the Codices. — 7. Rules for Tracing the Tonalamatl, or Ritual Calendar. — 8. The Codices as Astronomical Treatises. — 9. Astronomical Knowledge of the Ancient Mayas.
- 6.III. The Pictorial Elements. — 1. The Religion of the Ancient Mayas. — 2. The Cosmogony of the Mayas. — 3. Cosmical Conceptions of the Mayas. — 4. Pictorial Representations of Divinities. — 5. The Maya Priesthood. — 6. Fanciful Analogies. — 7. Total Number of Representations. — 8. Figures of Quadrupeds. — 9. Figures of Birds. — 10. Figures of Reptiles. — 11. Occupations and Ceremonies.
- 7.IV. The Graphic Elements. — 1. The Direction in which the Glyphs are to be read. — 2. Composition of the Glyphs. — 3. The Proper Method of Studying the Glyphs. — 4. An Analysis of Various Graphic Elements. — 5. The Hieroglyphs of the Days. — 6. The Hieroglyphs for the Months. — 7. The Hieroglyphs of the Deities.
- 8.V. Specimens of Texts.
- 9.I. INDEX-VOCABULARY OF MAYA WORDS.
- 10.II. INDEX OF AUTHORS.
- 11.III. GENERAL INDEX.
- 12.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
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