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Chilam Balam of Ixil : facsimile and study of an unpublished Maya book /

In Chilam Balam of Ixil Laura Caso Barrera translates for the first time a Yucatec Maya document that resulted from the meticulous reading by the Colonial Maya of various European texts such as the Bible and the Poem of the Mío Cid, as well as various studies on astronomy, astrology, calendars and m...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Chilam Balam de Ixil (Manuscript).
Other Authors: Caso Barrera, Laura (Translator, Editor), Aliphat, Mario (Editor), Pope, Quentin (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Mayan languages
Language Notes:Text in English; text and translation section in English and Mayan.
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
Series:Early Americas: history and culture ; v. 7.
Subjects:
Chilam Balam de Ixil (Manuscript)
Manuscripts, Maya > Facsimiles.
Maya calendar.
Maya astronomy.
Mayas > Medicine > Early works to 1800.
Traditional medicine > Mexico > Yucatán (State)
Materia medica, Vegetable > Mexico > Yucatán (State)
Mayas > Religion > Early works to 1800.
Christian literature, Spanish > Translations into Maya.
Christianity and culture > Mexico > History.
Maya language > Texts.

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