Excerpt from A Study of Certain Figures in a Maya Codex Objects ornamented with symbolic figures of supernatural beings are from time to time being dug up in the ruins of Yucatan, and the monuments themselves are covered with bas reliefs and other representations of supernatural beings. Evi dently'it is profitable or even necessary to have clearly in mind what personage is intended to be designated by certain symbolic marks as an introduction to this study. The present article is, therefore, simply an effort to describe ...
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Excerpt from A Study of Certain Figures in a Maya Codex Objects ornamented with symbolic figures of supernatural beings are from time to time being dug up in the ruins of Yucatan, and the monuments themselves are covered with bas reliefs and other representations of supernatural beings. Evi dently'it is profitable or even necessary to have clearly in mind what personage is intended to be designated by certain symbolic marks as an introduction to this study. The present article is, therefore, simply an effort to describe the modification in symbolism of one deity as expressed in a single codex. It is intended to follow it with a discussion of the same in the other codices, and finally to carry the knowledge thus acquired to a consideration of the glyptic representations on the ruins, where the symbolism becomes most complicated of all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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