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Popol Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Ancient Quiche Maya by Adrien Recinos: Used
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2020-11-13
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN
- 0806122668
- Book Title
- Popol Vuh : the Sacred Book of the Ancient Quiche Maya
- Book Series
- The Civilization of the American Indian Ser.
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Publication Year
- 1991
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Features
- Reprint
- Genre
- Religion, Social Science, History
- Topic
- Archaeology, Spirituality, Ancient / General, Folklore & Mythology, Latin America / Central America
- Item Weight
- 12.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN-10
0806122668
ISBN-13
9780806122663
eBay Product ID (ePID)
338415
Product Key Features
Book Title
Popol Vuh : the Sacred Book of the Ancient Quiche Maya
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Archaeology, Spirituality, Ancient / General, Folklore & Mythology, Latin America / Central America
Publication Year
1991
Illustrator
Yes
Features
Reprint
Genre
Religion, Social Science, History
Book Series
The Civilization of the American Indian Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
12.7 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
50-006643
Series Volume Number
29
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
This is the first complete version in English of the "Book of the People" of the Quiche Maya, the most powerful nation of the Guatemalan highlands in pre-Conquest times and a branch of the ancient Maya, whose remarkable civilization in pre-Columbian America is in many ways comparable to the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean. Generally regarded as America's oldest book, the Popol Vuh, in fact, corresponds to our Christian Bible, and it is, moreover, the most important of the five pieces of the great library treasures of the Maya that survived the Spanish Conquest., This is the first complete version in English of the "Book of the People" of the Quiche Maya, the most powerful nation of the Guatemalan highlands in pre-Conquest times and a branch of the ancient Maya, whose remarkable civilization in pre-Columbian America is in many ways comparable to the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean. Generally regarded as America's oldest book, the Popol Vuh, in fact, corresponds to our Christian Bible, and it is, moreover, the most important of the five pieces of the great library treasures of the Maya that survived the Spanish Conquest. The Popol Vuh was first transcribed in the Quiche language, ·but in Latin characters, in the middle of the sixteenth century, by some unknown but highly literate Quiche Maya Indian-probably from the oral traditions of his people. This now lost manuscript was copied at the end of the seventeenth century by Father Francisco Ximénez, then parish priest of the village of Santo Tomás Chichicastenango in the highlands of Guatemala, today the most celebrated and best-known Indian town in all of Central America. The mythology, traditions, cosmogony, and history of the Quiché Maya, including the chronology of their kings down to 1550, are related in simple yet literary style by the Indian chronicler. And Adrian Recinos has made a valuable contribution to the understanding and enjoyment of the document through his thorough going introduction and his identification of places and people in the footnotes., This is the first complete version in English of the "Book of the People" of the Quiche Maya, the most powerful nation of the Guatemalan highlands in pre-Conquest times and a branch of the ancient Maya, whose remarkable civilization in pre-Columbian America is in many ways comparable to the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean. Generally regarded as America's oldest book, the Popol Vuh, in fact, corresponds to our Christian Bible, and it is, moreover, the most important of the five pieces of the great library treasures of the Maya that survived the Spanish Conquest. The Popol Vuh was first transcribed in the Quiche language, -but in Latin characters, in the middle of the sixteenth century, by some unknown but highly literate Quiche Maya Indian-probably from the oral traditions of his people. This now lost manuscript was copied at the end of the seventeenth century by Father Francisco Xim nez, then parish priest of the village of Santo Tom s Chichicastenango in the highlands of Guatemala, today the most celebrated and best-known Indian town in all of Central America. The mythology, traditions, cosmogony, and history of the Quich Maya, including the chronology of their kings down to 1550, are related in simple yet literary style by the Indian chronicler. And Adrian Recinos has made a valuable contribution to the understanding and enjoyment of the document through his thorough going introduction and his identification of places and people in the footnotes., "Here is a book of bold mythological adventures combined with the facts of recorded history....A book of wide appeal". -- New York Herald Tribune.
LC Classification Number
F1465
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