Title: Land, politics, and memory in five Nija'ib' K'iche' títulos : "The title and proof of our ancestors" /
Authors: Matsumoto, Mallory,
Year: 2017
Subjects: Quiché Indians Guatemala Texts.; Quiché language Transcription.; Oral history Guatemala.; Indian literature Guatemala.
Abstract: "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.
Contents: 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-v). 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 antepasados (folios 15r-22r).