A Study of the Manuscript Troano/Contents

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search

TABLE OF CONTENTS.


Page.
Preface iii
Results of my investigations of the Manuscript Troano v
Table of Contents xi
List of Illustrations xiii
Introduction by Dr. D. G. Brinton xvii
The graphic system and ancient records of the Mayas xvii
1. Introductory xvii
2. Descriptions by Spanish writers xix
3. References from native sources xxvii
4. The existing Codices xxx
5. Efforts at interpretation xxxiv
Chapter I. — A Manuscript and its Characters 1
II. — The Maya Calendar 5
III. — Explanation of Figures and Characters on Plates XX-XXIII of the Manuscript Troano, and 25 - 28 of the Dresden Codex 59
IV. — Suggestions as to the Probable Meaning of some of the figureson the other plates 93
Part First of the Manuscript 93
Part Second of the Manuscript 111
V. — Symbols, Pictographs, and other Figures which cannot be properly classed as Written Characters 125
VI. — The Written Characters of the Manuscript 136
The direction in which they are read 136
The order in which the parts of compound characters are to be taken 140
VII. — Illustrations of the Day Columns and numbers in the first part of the Manuscript 162
VIII. — A Discussion of Dates, with special reference to those of the Perez Manuscript 187
The Maya Manuscript 188
Maya 188
Translation 189
IX. — Inscriptions on the Palenque Tablet 198
Appendices 209
Appendix No. 1. — Extracts from the "Relacion de Cosas de Yucatan" of Diego de Landa, in relation to the festivals of the supplementary or closing days of the year, XXXV-XXXVII. (Pp. 210 - 226.) 209
No. 2. — Quotation from an article by Señior Melgar 216
No. 3. — Translation of Landa's description of the festivals held in the different months of the year. Relacion, pp. 240-310 217
No. 4. — Mode of Building Houses among the Yucatecs — Landa 228
No. 5. — Manner of Baptism in Yucatan — Landa 229
Original 229
Translation 231
Index 235