Maya Script (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Maya Script A handbook revealing the secrets of the symbolic written characters of the ancient Maya people, which provides a portrait of their gods, people, and everyday life. It presents about 200 Maya glyphs. It also features two-color drawings of the glyphs, illustrations from reliefs and Spanish codices, and examples of Maya sculpture and paintings.
Full description- Publisher: Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
- Published: 11 May 2006
- Format: Paperback 180 pages
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- Categories: Paintings | Language Teaching & Learning Material & Coursework | History Of The Americas | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Lettering & Calligraphy
- ISBN 13: 9780789208828 ISBN 10: 0789208822
- Sales rank: 1,345,230
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This is a fascinating handbook revealing the secrets of the symbolic written characters of the ancient Maya people, which provides a vivid portrait of their gods, people, and everyday life. This is the only book available that provides readable discussions of individual symbolic figures. By the time Spanish conquistadors arrived in Mexico in the sixteenth century, Maya cities had long since fallen into a state of decay and abandonment. Europeans were impressed by the painted books of the Maya but concluded that they did not have a system of writing because no alphabetic value could be given to their script. This impression remained in the West until recently when researchers finally succeeded in deciphering the written record of the Mayas. "Maya Script" presents about 200 Maya glyphs (symbolic figures). Some are ideograms (pictorial symbols representing things, not words); others are phonetic signs. The glyphs express people, animals, things, and such abstract concepts as or even emotions. The complexity of the Maya calendar, mathematical computations, and astronomy reveals a highly developed civilization. This book also features two-color drawings of the glyphs, illustrations from reliefs and Spanish codices, and examples of Maya sculpture and paintings. Concluding the book are a chapter on writing systems of the New World, a bibliography, and an index of glyphs. This informative book is a travelogue back in time for anyone intrigued by ancient civilizations.
