| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 423 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Títulos in colonial Mesoamerica and their highland Guatemalan context -- The Nija'ib' títulos : history, contents, and current state of research -- Rewriting the títulos : philological and linguistic methodology for preparing the publication -- Scribal practice in the Nija'ib' títulos -- Appendices : Orthographic correspondence tables for the Nija'ib' títulos -- The Nija'ib' títulos in Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscript No. 101 : Utitulo rajawarem ajaw Don Francisco Iskin Nija'ib' (folios 1r/8v). Utitulo ulew rech ajaw Don Francisco Iskin Nija'ib' (folios 9r/9v, 10v). Inpormacion chi rij título (folio 10r). Titulo Iskin rech Quetzaltenango, Momostenango (folio 11r). Título de Quetzaltenango y Momostenango y conquistas de nuestros |
| Summary |
"Five highland Maya títulos composed in the sixteenth century by the Nija'ib K'iche' of Guatemala. Each manuscript provides a copy of the original, a transcription of the sixteenth-century modified Latin script, a morphologic analysis, a line-by-line English translation preserving the original syntax, and English prose versions"--Provided by publisher |
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Land, Politics, and Memory in Five Nija'ib' K'iche' Títulos is a careful analysis and translation of five Highland Maya títulos composed in the sixteenth century by the Nija'ib' K'iche' of Guatemala. The Spanish conquest of Highland Guatemala entailed a series of sweeping changes to Indigenous society, not the least of which were the introduction of the Roman alphabet and the imposition of a European system of colonial government. Introducing the history of these documents and placing them within the context of colonial-era Guatemala, this volume provides valuable information concerning colonial period orthographic practice, the K'iche' language, and language contact in Highland Guatemala. For each text, author Mallory E. Matsumoto provides a photographic copy of the original document, a transliteration of its sixteenth-century modified Latin script, a transcription into modern orthography, an extensive morphologic analysis, and a line-by-line translation into English, as well as separate prose versions of the transcription and translation. No complete English translation of this set of manuscripts has been available before, nor has any Highland Maya título previously received such extensive analytical treatment. Offering insight into the reality of Indigenous Highland communities during this period, Land, Politics, and Memory in Five Nija'ib' K'iche' Títulos is an important primary source for linguists, historians, and experts in comparative literature. It will also be of significant interest to students and scholars of ethnohistory, linguistics, Latin American studies, anthropology, and archaeology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Quiché Indians -- Guatemala -- Texts
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Quiché language -- Transcription
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Oral history -- Guatemala
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Indian literature -- Guatemala
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Native American Languages.
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Indian literature
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Oral history
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Quiché Indians
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Guatemala
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Texts
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Electronic book
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| Author |
University Press of Colorado.
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| ISBN |
9781607326052 |
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1607326051 |
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