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Standard or Head-Dress?, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint): An Historical Essay on a Relic or Ancient Mexico - Couverture souple

Zelia Nuttall

 
9781330244067: Standard or Head-Dress?, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint): An Historical Essay on a Relic or Ancient Mexico

Synopsis

Explore how ancient Mexican writing used complementary signs to express sound and meaning, revealing a sophisticated graphic system.

This scholarly work surveys the Mexican graphic system and its use of phonetic complements, comparing it to Egyptian signs and showing how Nahuatl could render sounds as single vowels, monosyllables, or disyllables. It includes careful discussions of interpretation, sign analysis, and the value of complementary signs for deciphering historical inscriptions, with concrete examples drawn from familiar hieroglyphs and published plates.

- Learn how the Mexican signs work with syllabic and phonetic means to convey words
- See how scholars evaluate decipherments using complementary signs within authentic sources
- Examine plates and manuscript references that illustrate head-dresses, banners, and other forms
- Understand the restoration observations tied to a feather-piece and its interpretation as a head-dress or standard

Ideal for readers interested in historical Mexico, ancient writing systems, and the methods of early decipherment and interpretation of hieroglyphic signs.

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