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Códice Chugüilá = Chugüilá codex : (1650 d.C.) / Henry Benítez.
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Mayan languages
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Códice chugüilá.
- Manuscripts, Maya--Facsimiles.
- Manuscripts, Maya.
- Mayas.
- History.
- Mayas--History--Sources.
- Genre:
- Facsimiles.
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 folded sheet (22 pages) : color illustrations ; 18 cm + 1 booklet (8, 8 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) + slipcase (in 2 parts)
- Manufacture:
- Guatemala, Guatemala : Editorial Piedra Santa.
- Other Title:
- Chugüilá codex
- Place of Publication:
- [Guatemala] : Henry Benítez, [2005]
- Language Note:
- Facsimile in Mayan writing only. Accompanying booklet in Spanish and English in separate sections, inverted in relation to each other, each with its own cover.
- Summary:
- Facsimile reproduction of the Mayan codex Chugüilá, which was discovered in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, in the 1930s. The codex was elaborated around the middle of the 17th century by four writers from the Itzá region. The accompanying booklet includes an introduction to the codex, commentaries, the results of carbon test analysis, bibliographical references, and other information.
- Notes:
- Title from slipcase.
- "A true copy to the authentic codex, in the original size."
- Pages of folded sheet numbered in Mayan glyphs.
- ISBN:
- 9992211490
- 9789992211496
- OCLC:
- 129709698
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