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 178
... Shield Jaguar's sequence is recorded on Lintel 26 . Shield Jaguar , already dressed in cotton armor , carries a short stabbing knife ( Fig . V.2 ) . Lady Xoc stands silently beside him with blood still oozing from her wounded mouth . In ...
... Shield Jaguar's sequence is recorded on Lintel 26 . Shield Jaguar , already dressed in cotton armor , carries a short stabbing knife ( Fig . V.2 ) . Lady Xoc stands silently beside him with blood still oozing from her wounded mouth . In ...
Page 187
... jaguar pelt , and jade orna- ments encircle his knees and wrists . His elegantly dressed wife , Lady Xoc , wears a ... Shield Jaguar , the other to his wife . The first three glyphs record the date and the event , " he is letting blood ...
... jaguar pelt , and jade orna- ments encircle his knees and wrists . His elegantly dressed wife , Lady Xoc , wears a ... Shield Jaguar , the other to his wife . The first three glyphs record the date and the event , " he is letting blood ...
Page 216
... Jaguar on the right and Shield Jaguar on the left . This event occurred some time prior to Bird Jaguar's installation . The inscribed date is 9.15.9.17.16 , or June 26 , a.d. 741 , shortly before the time of Shield Jaguar's death ...
... Jaguar on the right and Shield Jaguar on the left . This event occurred some time prior to Bird Jaguar's installation . The inscribed date is 9.15.9.17.16 , or June 26 , a.d. 741 , shortly before the time of Shield Jaguar's death ...
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