The Long Count : * "Maya Hieroglyphic Writing (excerpts)", by J. Eric S. Thompson, [1950], p. 141 6 THE LONG COUNT ... and the days of eternity, who shall number? The height of the heaven, and the breadth of the earth, and the deep, and wisdom, who shall search them out? --ECCLESIASTICUS, 1:2-3 IN THE MAYA SCHEME...
Appendix V. Determinants : * "Maya Hieroglyphic Writing (excerpts)", by J. Eric S. Thompson, [1950], p. 317 APPENDIX V Determinants Gallop apace bright Phoebus, through the sky --CHRISTOPHER MARLOW, Edward II THE DETERMINANT THEORY was first enunciated by Teeple (1930, pp. 70-85). A determinant is a date which is believed...
Title Page : * "Maya Hieroglyphic Writing (excerpts)", by J. Eric S. Thompson, [1950], MAYA HIEROGLYPHIC WRITING J. Eric S. Thompson Publication 589 CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D.C. [1950] Scanned , July 2007. Proofed and Formatted by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public doma...
Appendix Ii. The Correlation Question : * "Maya Hieroglyphic Writing (excerpts)", by J. Eric S. Thompson, [1950], p. 303 APPENDIX II The Correlation Question Who can direct, when all pretend to know? --GOLDSMITH, "The Traveller" IN A PREVIOUS publication (Thompson, 1935) I have reviewed the pros and cons of the various correlations...
Appendix Iv. Maya Calculations Far : * "Maya Hieroglyphic Writing (excerpts)", by J. Eric S. Thompson, [1950], p. 314 APPENDIX IV Maya Calculations Far Into The Past And Into The Future Picked from the worm holes of long-vanishd days. --SHAKESPEARE, Henry V, Act II IT SEEMS advisable to gather the most outstanding of May...
Appendix I. Divinatory Almanacs In The Books : * "Maya Hieroglyphic Writing (excerpts)", by J. Eric S. Thompson, [1950], p. 297 APPENDIX I DIVINATORY ALMANACS IN THE BOOKS OF CHILAM BALAM Noble stock was graft with crab-tree slip. --SHAKESPEARE, "Henry VI", Pt. 2, Act 3, Scene 2 IN SEVERAL of the books of Chilam Balam and in Perez are...
Appendix Iii. Whorf's Attempts To Decipher : * "Maya Hieroglyphic Writing (excerpts)", by J. Eric S. Thompson, [1950], p. 311 APPENDIX III Whorf's Attempts To Decipher The Maya Hieroglyphs It is an old trait of human nature when in the mist to be very sure about its road. --JOHN BUCHAN IT HAD BEEN my intention to ignore Whorf's (1933, 1942)...