Blood of Kings: Dynasty And Ritual In Maya ArtWW Norton, 1986 - 335 pages "[A] work as remarkable for its text as for the photographs and drawings that illustrate it."—Octavio Paz, The New York Review of Books A comprehensive guide to the Maya which reveals kingship rites, ritual warfare, with a vast array of color plates and drawings. |
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Page 149
... lintel commemorates the display of this attire ; the person who celebrates the event is Ruler 2 of Piedras Negras . The Yax na : ab glyph at J2 generally indicates some sort of agency , and it might be paraphrased " under the aus- pices ...
... lintel commemorates the display of this attire ; the person who celebrates the event is Ruler 2 of Piedras Negras . The Yax na : ab glyph at J2 generally indicates some sort of agency , and it might be paraphrased " under the aus- pices ...
Page 178
... Lintel 26 . Shield Jaguar , already dressed in cotton armor , carries a short stabbing knife ( Fig . V.2 ) . Lady ... Lintel 16 , then flanking it on the left with the vision scene ( Lintel 15 ) and on the right with the bloodletting ...
... Lintel 26 . Shield Jaguar , already dressed in cotton armor , carries a short stabbing knife ( Fig . V.2 ) . Lady ... Lintel 16 , then flanking it on the left with the vision scene ( Lintel 15 ) and on the right with the bloodletting ...
Page 212
... Lintel 8 clearly portrays an act of capture . The figure on the right , Bird Jaguar , is dressed exactly as he was on Lintel 41. With the assistance of one of his cahals , he takes two captives , who are depicted with their names ...
... Lintel 8 clearly portrays an act of capture . The figure on the right , Bird Jaguar , is dressed exactly as he was on Lintel 41. With the assistance of one of his cahals , he takes two captives , who are depicted with their names ...
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 Aucun aperçu disponible - 1986 |
Blood of Kings: Dynasty And Ritual In Maya Art Linda Schele,Mary Ellen Miller Aucun aperçu disponible - 2000 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
accession ahau appears architectural Art Museum ball ballcourt ballgame ballplayers belt Bird Jaguar 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 dressed earflare Early Classic period event FIGURE figurine front 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 Lowland 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 sculpture Seibal shell Shield Jaguar Stela stone Structure supernatural symbols Tikal Tlaloc Uaxactun Underworld Venus Vision Serpent warrior water-lily wears World Tree worn Xibalba Yax-Pac Yaxchilan zoomorphic