A Primer of Mayan Hieroglyphics
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A Primer of Mayan Hieroglyphics discusses phonetic writing but leaves aside the question of how far a phonetic system agrees with known dialect differences within the Mayan stock. The author says the signification seems to have been fixed in the Maya-Tzental district and carried from there to the Chortis and Quiches.
The discussion connects a deity's occasional beard with the beard Cuculcan wore in the legend, treating that detail as completing the identification. An example of linear writing comes from part of an inscription on a vase from Labna, Yucatan, held in the Peabody Museum. The author declines to undertake an extensive study of the tablets at Palenque, describing an engraving as a way to show the writing's character.
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- Daniel G. Brinton
- Pages
- 162
- Language
- English
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