Land, politics, and memory in five Nija'ib' K'iche' títulos : "The title and proof of our ancestors" /

Matsumoto, Mallory,

Land, politics, and memory in five Nija'ib' K'iche' títulos : "The title and proof of our ancestors" / Mallory Matsumoto. - Boulder : University Press of Colorado, (c)2017. - 1 online resource (xxii, 423 pages) : illustrations, maps

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

"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.



9781607326052


Quiché Indians--Guatemala--Texts.
Quiché language--Transcription.
Oral history--Guatemala.
Indian literature--Guatemala.


Electronic Books.

F1465 / .L363 2017