Historia de la creación del mundo conforme al systhema americano | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Photographic reproduction of a translation of the Popol vuh, dated November 30, 1796, by Ramón de Ordóñez y Aguiar, with his extensive notes and commentary. Preliminary sections include a dedication to Joseph Miguel de San Juan, regidor of the city of Guatemala, and Ordóñez's note to the reader on how he first heard about the ruins of Palenque and how he later studied the native languages and traditions of Chiapas and Guatemala, and promoted the exploration of Palenque. Ordóñez's version of the Popol vuh begins on p. [24], and is arranged in eleven chapters. Each chapter contains numbered sections of text, followed by commentary on the text, including material from Ordóñez's study of the Tzental manuscript known as the Probanza de Votán, a genealogical text which, according to Ordóñez, was given to him by local Indians. The Popol vuh, originally written in Quiché shortly after the Conquest, relates the Quiché legends of the creation of the world, the origins and early migrations of the civilized races of Central America, their history and traditions