Maya Script
The Civilization and Its Writing
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2000
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-7892-0653-4 (ISBN)
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-7892-0653-4 (ISBN)
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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 Mayan life.
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.
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.
In search of a people; life at court; symbols; religion; the calendar; astronomy; life and thought; writing systems of the new world; museums to visit.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.11.2000 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | illustrations, maps |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 165 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 717 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter | |
| Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften ► Paläografie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7892-0653-6 / 0789206536 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7892-0653-4 / 9780789206534 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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