Maya Christian Copybooks, Chilam Balams, and Native Text Production in Yucatán
by
Mark Z. Christensen
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2016
Among the surviving documents from the colonial period in Mexico are rare Maya-authored manuscript compilations of Christian texts, translated and adapted into the Maya language and worldview, which were used to evangelize the local population. The Morely Manuscript is well known to scholars, and now...