Parution : Chilam Balam of Ixil: facsimile and study of an unpublished Maya book

Créateur

• Caso Barrera, Laura. Traduction. Collaborateur
• Aliphat, Mario. Collaborateur
• Pope, Quentin. Traduction

Laura Caso Barrera, Ph.D. (2000), Colegio de Postgraduados- Campus Puebla, is a Researcher and Professor at the same institution. She has published many articles on the Maya and her bookCaminos en la selva studies the last Maya kingdom of the Itza (Fondo Cultura Económica, 2002).

Résumé de l’éditeur

In Chilam Balam of Ixil Laura Caso Barrera translates for the first time a Yucatec Maya document that resulted from the meticulous reading by the Colonial Maya of various European texts such as the Bible and the Poem of the Mío Cid, as well as various studies on astronomy, astrology, calendars, and medicine. 

The Maya, showing considerable astuteness and insight, appropriated this knowledge. With this study and facsimile, experts can further their knowledge of Mayan calendars or traditional medicine; and Mayan enthusiasts can discover more about the culture’s world view and history. 

En el Chilam Balam de Ixil Laura Caso Barrera traduce por primera vez un documento en maya yucateco, que resultó de la minuciosa lectura que realizaron los mayas coloniales de distintos textos europeos como la Biblia o el Cantar del Mío Cid, así como de diversos estudios de astronomía, astrología, calendarios y medicina. 

Con astucia y perspicacia, los mayas hicieron propio ese saber. Con esta edición, los expertos podrán ahondar en las anotaciones calendáricas o la medicina tradicional maya; y los amantes de esta cultura conocerán otros aspectos de su pensamiento e historia.

Sommaire

• Acknowledgements
• Book 1
• Facsimile Edition of the Book of Chilam Balam of Ixil
• Book 2
• The Chilam Balam of Ixil: European and Indigenous Aspects of a Maya Colonial Text
• Laura Caso Barrera
• The Chilam Balam Books 
• The Chilam Balam of Ixil 
• Physical and Philological Aspects of the Chilam Balam of Ixil 
• The Bible in the Chilam Balam of Ixil 
• Mayan and European Concepts of Disease and Medicine 
• Medicine in the Chilam Balam of Ixil 
• Astrology, Astronomy and Horoscopes 
• Almanacs, Stars and Calendars
• Mario M. Aliphat F.
• Maya Astronomy and Astrology 
• Stars and Celestial Bodies Recognized by the Maya during the Colonial 
• Period 
• The Heavens 
• Heavenly Bodies 
• The Sun and the Moon 
• Venus 
• North Star 
• Other Stars 
• Constellations 
• The Pleiades 
• The Milky Way or the Road to Santiago 
• The Zodiac 
• The Western and Maya Zodiacs 
• Numbers and Calendars 
• Maya Numerology 
• The Maya Calendar 
• Cardinal Points and Colors 
• Cardinal Points, Colors and the Quadripartite Deities 
• The u cuch haabob Rounds or “Year Bearers” and Their Association 
• with the Cardinal Points in the Ixil 
• The Katun Round 
• The Maya Almanac and the Portents of Days in the Ixil 
• The Cycle of the Burners 
• The Lunar Calendar in the Ixil 
• The Chilam Balam of Ixil: Text and Translation
• Appendix A: List of Plants Mentioned in the Chilam Balam of Ixil 
• Appendix B: List of Insects and Animals Mentioned in the Chilam Balam of Ixil
• Bibliography

Informations pratiques

• Éditeur : Leiden ; Boston [Mass.] : Brill
• Date de parution : 2019
• Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VI-395 p.) : ill. en coul., fac-sim. en coul., couv. ill. en coul. ; 25 cm
• Collection : (The early Americas ; 7)
• Texte principal en anglais ; la transcription du fac-similé est bilingue maya-anglais. – La ressource est également disponible en version électronique
• Notes bibliogr. en bas de page. Bibliogr. p. [390]-395
• ISBN 978-90-04-35301-5 (rel.). – 9789004353015 (erroné)

Localisations

• Absent à la BnF (en 2020)
• PARIS-Médiathèque MQB
• DOI : https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004360136

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