Maya Script: A Civilization and its Writing

Longhena, Maria

ISBN 10: 0789206536 / ISBN 13: 9780789206534

Edité par Abbeville, New York, 2000

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Fine in Fine dust jacket; 180 pp hardback.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Maya Script: A Civilization and its Writing
• Éditeur: Abbeville, New York
• Date de parution: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0789206536
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780789206534
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: 1st Eng
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette

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Synopsis

This volume 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 death. Each one opens a window onto fragments of everyday life, religious beliefs, or even emotions. The complexity of the Maya calendar, mathematical computations, and astronomy reveals a highly-developed civilization. This book also features two-colour drawings of the glyphs, illustrations from reliefs and Spanish codices, and examples of Maya sculpture and paintings. Concluding the book is a chapter on writing systems of the New World, a list of museums to visit, a bibliography, and an index of glyphs.