Very large, heavy, sturdy book, quality yellow cloth, black lettering very fine on spine, 180 stiffer heavy glossy pages, double-column format for text, profusely illustrated. DJ glossy beneath mylar with orange spine, bottom front and back left, a colorful illustration of Mayan art to most of front, color script at back left. DJ and book, both As New.

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T�tulo: Maya Script: The Civilization and Its Writing
Editor: Abbeville Press
Fecha de publicaci�n: 2000
Idioma: Ingl�s
ISBN 10: 0789206536
ISBN 13: 9780789206534
Encuadernaci�n: Hardcover
Edici�n: 1st Edition
Estado: As New
Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New

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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 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.

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