Books
on the Mayan Language of
On the following
page there is a list of books dealing with the Mayan language spoken in
The first three
books are available through the publisher Labyrinthos.
A flier from this publisher in included which gives contact information.
The Grammar,
written by my wife Alejandra and me, deals principally with the language as
spoken today. However, because of the development of the language over the time
it has been recorded using Latin script (i.e. since the 1570’s) it was useful
to refer to older grammatical forms, and thus the grammar part of the book
includes a look at the language as spoken or written since the late 1500’s.
Included in the grammar is an extensive anthology of Mayan literature, starting
with a hieroglyphic text and concluding with material collected in the 1980’s.
The Book of Chilam Balam of Na, for which I
was the translator of the Mayan texts, gives Mayan texts and their
translations. Ruth Gubler’s principal interest is in
the field of native medicines, and this particular book is mainly a collection
of medical recipes. However, there is also other material included in this
book, which include calendrical material.
The book Post
Conquest Mayan Literature is a collection of texts in Mayan which were based on
pre-Columbian thought. There is no translation in this book. Its principal
purpose is to make available to researchers in a convenient format the various
texts of this nature.
Beginning with
the publication of the Bocabulario de Maya
Than in 1993 I was involved in helping René Acuña
of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México get important published colonial texts and unpublished manuscripts
dealing with the Yucatecan Mayan language ready for publication by Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México. For people
working on Mayan hieroglyphs and Mayan colonial history these works are quite
valuable.
For further
information please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
David Bolles
Tel:
203 882 9428
Books available from Labyrinthos:
Bolles, David D. and Alejandra
K.
2001. A Grammar of the Yucatecan Mayan Language.
Revised edition. Labyrinthos,
Lancaster, CA. ISBN 0-911437-49-5
Gubler, Ruth and David Bolles
2000. The Book of Chilam Balam of Na: Facsimile, Translation, and Edited Text. Labyrinthos, Lancaster, CA. ISBN 0-911437-23-1
Bolles, David
2003 Post
Conquest Mayan Literature Based on Pre – Columbian Sources; Compiled and
edited by David Bolles With reference to the works of Alfredo Barrera Vasquez
and Ralph L. Roys. Labyrinthos,
Lancaster, CA. ISBN 0-911437-55-X
Books available from Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de México, México.
Acuña, René (editor)
1984. Calepino Maya de Motul. Edicion de Rene Acuña.
Facsimile version by René
Acuña. Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma
de México, México. ISBN 968-837-117-3
1993. Bocabulario de Maya Than, Facsimile and edited version
by René Acuña. Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas,
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México. ISBN 968-36-3097-9
1995. Devocionario de Nuestra Señora de Izamal y Conquista Espiritual de Yucatán. By Fray Bernardo de Lizana. Facsimile and critical edition
by René Acuña. Fuentes para el Estudio de la Cultura Maya, 12. Instituto de
Investigaciones Filológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.
ISBN 968-36-4699-7
1996. Arte de la Lengua Maya. By Fr. Gabriel de
San Buenaventura. Facsimile
and edited version by René Acuña. Fuentes para el Estudio de la Cultura Maya, 13. Instituto
de Investigaciones Filológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,
México. ISBN 968-36-5419-3
1998. Arte en Lengua de Maya. By Juan Coronel. Critical edition by René Acuña. Fuentes para el Estudio de la Cultura Maya, 14.
Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México, México. ISBN 968-36-6737-6
2001. Calepino Maya de Motul,
Critical and annotated edition by René Acuña. Plaza y
Valdés, México. ISBN 968-856-992-5
2002. Arte del Lengua Maya. By Pedro Beltrán. Critical edition by René Acuña. Fuentes para el Estudio de la Cultura Maya, 17.
Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,
México. ISBN 970-32-0438-4
For further information and a catalogue of books
published by Labyrinthos contact Frank Comparato.
Frank Comparato
Labyrinthos
Tel: 661 946 2726