The book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel
By: [translated] by Ralph L. Roys.
Contributors: Hoil, Juan José, fl. 1782.; Roys, Ralph Loveland, 1879-1965, ed. and tr.
Series: Carnegie Institution of Washington publication; no. 438
Publisher: Carnegie Institution of Washington
Published: 1933
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
Subjects: Manuscripts, Maya.; Maya language -- Texts.; Mayas -- Antiquities.; Maya mythology.
Other titles: Chilam Balam of Chumayel, Book of.
Notes: A translation by Ralph L. Roys from the original Maya text.
"The last and greatest of the Maya prophets was Chilam Balam. Balam in this case was probably the man's family name, and ... the name of his profession was prefixed to it as a title. Chilam Balam lived at Mani during the reign of Mochan Xiu [first half of the 16th century]": p. 186-187.
"We know from internal evidence that the [Book of] Chilam Balam of Chumayel was compiled by Don Juan Josef Hoil of that town, as we find his name signed to a notation written in the same hand as the rest of the book and dated 1782." --Introd., p. 7.
Bibliography: p. 207-214.