A Primer of Mayan Hieroglyphics
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- A PRIMER OF MAYAN HIEROGLYPHICS
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- I. Introductory.
- 1. General Character of Mayan Hieroglyphs.
- 2. The Mayan Manuscripts or “Codices.”
- 3. Theories of Interpretation.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- V. Specimens of Texts.
- I. INDEX-VOCABULARY OF MAYA WORDS.
- II. INDEX OF AUTHORS.
- III. GENERAL INDEX.
- TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
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