The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya ArtKimbell Art Museum, 1986 - 335 pages An illustrated study of the Maya civilization, drawing from interpretations of the texts embedded in pictorial scenes or carved on stone tablets to provide the meaning of the art and architecture of the ancient culture. |
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... cahal . These underlords may have been governors ( possibly military governors ) of the towns that fell within the sphere of influence of the greater city . The Maya practiced primogeniture ; kingship generally passed from father to son ...
... cahal . These underlords may have been governors ( possibly military governors ) of the towns that fell within the sphere of influence of the greater city . The Maya practiced primogeniture ; kingship generally passed from father to son ...
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... cahal ; the three preceding glyphs record his per- sonal name . Cahals were regional governors , subject to a king , and this cahal first pledged fealty to Bird Jaguar , and lived to serve his son Shield Jaguar II in the same manner ...
... cahal ; the three preceding glyphs record his per- sonal name . Cahals were regional governors , subject to a king , and this cahal first pledged fealty to Bird Jaguar , and lived to serve his son Shield Jaguar II in the same manner ...
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... cahal title designated not only governors and war chiefs , but one of Chaan - muan's wives bears the title Lady Cahal , and here it also denotes the plump individual blowing the conch shell in Room 2 , whose simple dress suggests that ...
... cahal title designated not only governors and war chiefs , but one of Chaan - muan's wives bears the title Lady Cahal , and here it also denotes the plump individual blowing the conch shell in Room 2 , whose simple dress suggests that ...
Table des matières
Introduction | 6 |
Chapters | 63 |
Kingship and the Rites of Accession | 103 |
Droits d'auteur | |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art Linda Schele,Mary Ellen Miller Affichage d'extraits - 1986 |
The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art Linda Schele,Mary Ellen Miller Affichage d'extraits - 1986 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
accession ahau appears architectural Art Museum ball ballcourt ballgame ballplayers belt Bird Jaguar blood bloodletting body Bonampak cahal captives carved Cauac Celestial Monster celt ceramic Chac-Xib-Chac Chan-Bahlum Classic Maya cloth Copan costume death depicted dressed earflare Early Classic period event FIGURE figurine Floyd Lounsbury glyph gods Guatemala head headband headdress Hero Twins Hieroglyphic Honduras human Hunahpu imagery inscriptions jade Jester Kan-Xul katun Kimbell Kimbell Art Museum king Late Classic period Late Preclassic period Leiden Plaque Lintel Long Count lord Lowlands maize mask Maya art Maya civilization Mesoamerica monuments moon Olmec Pacal painted Palenque panel Pauahtun pectoral personified Piedras Negras Pilas PLATE Popol Vuh portrait recorded rite ritual ruler sacrifice scene scribes scroll sculpture Seibal shell Shield Jaguar Stela stone Structure supernatural symbols Tikal Uaxactun Underworld Venus Vision Serpent warrior water-lily wears World Tree worn Xibalba Yax-Pac Yaxchilan zoomorphic