| Popol Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Ancient Quiche Maya Contributor(s): Recinos, Adrien (Author), Morley, Sylvanus G. (Author), Goetz, Delia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0806122668 ISBN-13: 9780806122663 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - Central America - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: 972.810 |
| LCCN: 50006643 |
| Series: Civilization of the American Indian (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.44" W x 8.25" (0.79 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Recinos, Adrien: - Adri n Recinos-who made a new Spanish translation from the original Xim'nez manuscript in Quiche after he had discovered differences, omissions, and changes in the text published by Brasseur de Bourbourg in 1861?is a distinguished diplomat as well as linguist, archaeologist, and ethnologist. For sixteen years (1928- 44), minister and ambassador to the United States from his native Guatemala, he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from George Washington University in 1942. Now retired, he lives in Guatemala City, where he pursues his linguistic and archaeological avocations. |