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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Beginning at the north door, the inscriptions record Yax-Pac's accession, then it
continues on to the east door to a first appearance of Evening Star that occurred
shortly after his father acceded; to the south with a katun ending and a visible ...
Beginning at the north door, the inscriptions record Yax-Pac's accession, then it
continues on to the east door to a first appearance of Evening Star that occurred
shortly after his father acceded; to the south with a katun ending and a visible ...
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W4 ahau-in-hand (event; same as HI and 02) X4-X6 names and titles of Ruler 2
W6 - X6 Piedras Negras ahau W7- W8 1 1 k'in, 12 uinals, 8 tuns, 1 katun X8- W9
after he had been seated as king X9 Ruler 2 W9-X10 and then it came to pass, ...
W4 ahau-in-hand (event; same as HI and 02) X4-X6 names and titles of Ruler 2
W6 - X6 Piedras Negras ahau W7- W8 1 1 k'in, 12 uinals, 8 tuns, 1 katun X8- W9
after he had been seated as king X9 Ruler 2 W9-X10 and then it came to pass, ...
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18. 13.0.3 1 1 Akbal 16 Uo, and it was ruled by the third Lord of the Night. Maya
birthdays and anniversaries were recorded in this calendar. The end of a katun
and its quarter points every fifth year were the occasion of public rites that
featured ...
18. 13.0.3 1 1 Akbal 16 Uo, and it was ruled by the third Lord of the Night. Maya
birthdays and anniversaries were recorded in this calendar. The end of a katun
and its quarter points every fifth year were the occasion of public rites that
featured ...
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Table des matières
Foreword Emily Sano ix | 1 |
Chapters | 63 |
Kingship and the Rites of Accession | 103 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art Linda Schele,Mary Ellen Miller,Justin Kerr,Kimbell Art Museum Affichage d'extraits - 1986 |
The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art Linda Schele,Mary Ellen Miller,Justin Kerr,Kimbell Art Museum 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 artist 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 Cylindrical vessel death depicted Dresden Codex dressed earflare Early Classic period event FIGURE figurine Floyd Lounsbury glyph glyphic gods Guatemala head headband headdress Hero Twins Hieroglyphic Honduras human Hunahpu imagery incised inscriptions jade Jester Kan-Xul katun Kimbell Late Classic period Late Preclassic period Lintel Long Count lord Lowlands maize mask Maya art Maya civilization Mesoamerica monuments Olmec Pacal painted Palenque panel 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 warriors water-lily wears World Tree worn Xibalba Yax-Pac Yaxchilan zoomorphic