| 单词 | glyph |
| 例句 | Thought to have been written in 159 a.d., the twenty-one columns of glyphs were the first Olmec text long enough to permit linguists to decipher the language. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Last of all came the collar, a heavy golden tore emblazoned with ancient Valyrian glyphs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z All of it, runes and words and glyphs, twisted together and grounded to the initial tree. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He keeps notebooks full of symbols and glyphs, working through his old notes and finding new elements to consider. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The simple type was based on dots and lines, while the complicated type was based on glyphs—grotesque faces. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It looked old; hammered red bronze, leaf-shaped, its blade covered with ancient glyphs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z For years, they had both been fascinated by the Mayan glyphs, the script of the ancient Maya of Mesoamerica. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The two marks are glyphs: the oldest firmly dated writing in the Americas. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They contain endless pages of glyphs and symbols, ringed in text ripped from other sources, affixed to one another and inscribed over and over. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Another glyph, u-kahi, turned out to mean “by the action of.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Between his feet are two glyphs, one resembling a stovepipe hat with a U painted across the front, the other looking vaguely like a smiling pet monster from a Japanese cartoon. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Yezzan’s name was incised into the metal in Valyrian glyphs, and a pair of tiny bells were affixed below the ears, so the wearer’s every step produced a merry little tinkling sound. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z To a modern eye, Mayan glyph writing is about as alien-looking as you can get. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Before the spread of alphabetic writing, systems making much use of logograms were more common and included Egyptian hieroglyphs, Maya glyphs, and Sumerian cuneiform. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Over the weekend, Aphex Twin fans in London spotted a green blimp with 2014 emblazoned on it, the zero replaced with the round glyph that Aphex Twin uses as a logo. Aphex Twin Teases a New Album via Blimp, Spray Paint and the Deep Web 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z But her glyphs can be read in a broader context, as evidence of a general interest in codes and ancient scripts. Lee Krasner and Norman Lewis at the Jewish Museum 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z The later works on paper here, some from his tenth decade of life, appear like sentences of black asemic glyphs over colored slashes and Xs. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Once approved, the encoded characters are kicked back to the tech companies to design the emoji in their own aesthetics and offer the glyph to their users. Secrets of the Emoji World, Now With Its Own Convention 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Madere starts with a design on paper he calls a glyph — the current one is basically a drawing made with nail polish, glitter and burn marks — and recreates them in three-dimensional form. Review: Independent Fair Is More Conventional, but Still Eye-Catching 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Anyway, the spiral pattern of glyphs on the disk and its origin on Crete, where the Theseus myth is set, got me thinking of Theseus and the labyrinth. This Week in Fiction: Amelia Gray 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z The colors in the “Fold” paintings seemed more iridescent; the abstract symbols and glyphs in Auerbach’s drawings appeared to pulse and vibrate. In San Francisco, Art That Unspools the Mysteries of the Universe 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Because language is broken, the verse is intentionally awkward, as though carelessly translated: “glyph doth include the real air? / yes, including vraiment the other air.” In Defense of Poetic Nonsense, With a Character Who Shares Your Frustration 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z The glyph communicates to One, not in speech but in thought, pre-language ideas. In Defense of Poetic Nonsense, With a Character Who Shares Your Frustration 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Week 1240, limericks with a gh- or gi- word: Said the daughter, “Let’s not have a tiff: Use a hard ‘g’ like ‘giving’ or ‘glyph.’ Style Invitational Week 1262: Clue us in 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z In “Twirligig,” hand-drawn squiggles dance a jig over gaseous swirls, while “Now Is the Time” alerts viewers to don their glasses with a constellation of cutout shapes suggesting stars and Incan glyphs. Godard Tries Out 3-D in ‘Goodbye to Language’ 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The glyphs date back at least four thousand years; some might be as old as forty thousand years, reaching back into the Upper Paleolithic age. What We Learn from One of the World’s Oldest Board Games 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z This 18th-century practice is updated by the use of laser cutting, but otherwise the maple glyphs are painstakingly laid by hand in the age-old fashion. Is it design, or is it ... art? 2010-05-04T14:49:00Z Mayan scribes recorded reams of information in well-preserved coded glyphs carved into lintels or affixed to their temples with stucco, chronicling a detailed history of Palenque’s golden age — though precious little about its fall. Mexico’s mysterious Mayan ruins at Palenque, now accessible from the air It also preserves some mystery, since many of his glyphs and codes run slightly off frame, or are overexposed. 17 Players in Five States, Composing Over the Internet 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Although the two massive, outlined heads of “Conversations” are inscribed with glyphs, the red and blue shapes register immediately. Review | In the galleries: Three local artists explore the transient nature of identity 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Off limits to tourists despite extremely rare glyphs painted on a plaza, the narrow streets of La Ventilla’s residential compounds suggest a densely-packed urban existence. Stylish suburbs: how ancient Mexican metropolis dodged inequality trap 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z His efforts to forge a unique abstract language out of both European and African influences began in the early 1970s, with painted wood discs whose rims were incised with his own idiosyncratic glyphs. El Anatsui’s Monumental New Show Is an Act of Justice 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Still, Mr. Anatsui’s art also displays an intense involvement with the postcolonial experience, first in the glyphs and nicks of the wood sculptures, and later in each bottle cap. El Anatsui’s Monumental New Show Is an Act of Justice 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z The concert was split into five segments with distinct visual themes: abstract white glyphs on black backgrounds, ostentatious Tisci-esque high-art collisions, motorcycle racing chic. Music Review: Rihanna at Prudential Center 2013-04-29T18:04:08Z In one gallery, on a Mayan altar adorned with symbols, a tour guide points out a glyph that could be interpreted as meaning “and it came to pass.” The Book of Mormon: the Great American Bible 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z The "S," we are told, doesn't stand for Superman, but is a Krypton glyph meaning hope. Review: The laden 'Man of Steel' doesn't soar 2013-06-11T14:50:10Z It includes a glyph and a piece made with I-beams, but unlike “Caterpillar” it’s installed as an ensemble. Art Review: Carol Bove Sculpture Shows at the High Line and MoMA 2013-07-25T20:55:54Z Prince’s attempt to change his name to an unpronounceable glyph was equally unpersuasive, and in classical music the violinist Nigel Kennedy was not notably successful in persuading listeners to forget his first name. Classical Groups Get Creative With Names 2010-05-13T14:38:00Z The bold crimson frames smaller areas where black glyphs dance on white. Review | In the galleries: A former pillar of the fashion world crafts compelling art 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z And it does so while recognizing the cultural accents in both artists’ works, the influence of Hebrew writing on Krasner’s grids of glyphs and the connections to jazz in Lewis’s meandering lines. Lee Krasner and Norman Lewis at the Jewish Museum 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Among the glyphs are a teardrop shape and a cross with arms of equal length. Not all right angles in ‘Geometrix: Line, Form, Subversion’ 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Words are only a sequence of glyphs without the participation of a skilled reader's imagination, memory and wit to dress them with the gifts the senses bring. Calling on the audience to live the dream 2010-08-21T06:00:00Z The show also uses interactive displays to explain the culture's glyph writing and sophisticated timetables. Maya exhibit in Philly seeks to dispel 2012 myths 2012-05-04T16:17:17Z When he uses a pencil, he handles it less like a draftsman and more like a writer, jotting down symbols and glyphs in his own shorthand. The power of the doodle: John Mills' art opens a door and lets your imagination walk through 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z For the next 50 years, the rubber tappers working in the forest chipped the narrative glyphs from the city’s monolithic steles, selling the city’s recorded history one piece at a time. In Campeche, Pyramids Are Everywhere. Crowds Are Not 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z The same struggle that saw him temporarily change his name to an unpronounceable glyph and inscribe "Slave" on his face in protest at his treatment by his label Warner in the early 1990s. Prince: Why, five years after his death, the Purple One still reigns 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z So he changed his name to an unpronounceable glyph, a highly stylized overlay of the symbols for man and woman. Prince, a Master of Playing Music and Distributing It 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z In the 1990s he was in open conflict with the music industry, protesting the major-label system by writing the word “slave” on his cheek and changing his name to an unpronounceable glyph. How Prince Rebelled Against the Music Industry 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z A glyph that resembles a half-finished gallows in Hangman tells you when to rotate the volume. Kapow! by Adam Thirlwell - review 2012-05-25T21:55:06Z Haring made uninflected linear drawings almost exclusively glyphs and pictographs, like Paleolithic cave art with an agitated urban edge. Review: Keith Haring's art might not be for everybody, but he is 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z If the outside of the berms is riotous nature, the interior is sleek and calm; gently sloping white walls bear glyphs inspired by Hohokam petroglyphs found in Southern Arizona. How a new Tucson memorial found a way to mourn mass-shooting victims 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z “I asked him to elaborate, and he explained that the stone had a carving with the Maya calendar and other glyphs.” Unearthing a Maya Civilization That ‘Punched Above its Weight’ 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Only from the air does the layout finally resolve into an elegant glyph. One visionary artist’s desert dream 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z Critics say the combined glyphs are unpronounceable and mostly good for graphic signage, such as the multi-gender “Welcome” signs using her characters now hanging outside many Israeli schools. He Says, She Says: A Biblical Tongue Meets Gender Politics 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z In 1931 Cœdès concluded that the numeration system used in the inscribed date, 605, was decimal in nature and positional in conception and that the central glyph was an empty placeholder, a zero. The Elusive Origin of Zero 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z During the day, the sunlight penetrates the glyphs, casting shadows on the berm wall behind them; at night, they are illuminated from within. How a new Tucson memorial found a way to mourn mass-shooting victims 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z The glyphs also highlight the lives of dynastic rulers such as the delightfully named K’ab Kante’, including when each one died, how they were memorialized and under what circumstances their successors came to the throne. Unearthing a Maya Civilization That ‘Punched Above its Weight’ 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z The light strips that make up Phone 1’s most attention-grabbing feature blink in combinations that the company calls “glyphs.” Nothing Phone 1 review: something else 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z When the “glyph” flashes to signal a notification or an incoming call, then you definitely know this is something else. There’s something familiar about the Nothing Phone 1 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Acknowledging this state’s strong economic influence and mercantile activities, and the existence of three independent stone glyph inscriptions within its realm bearing a zero, this claim certainly has strong credibility. The Elusive Origin of Zero 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Many monuments read like a roll call of names, but the glyphs imbue the January 8th memorial with the richness of lives well lived. How a new Tucson memorial found a way to mourn mass-shooting victims 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z “Signs of Myriorama” comprises 100 same-size vertical tiles upon which tiny black glyphs snake and whorl horizontally, sometimes overlaid with red or white ones. Review | In the galleries: Connections in text, image, writing and drawing 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z There are 20 total in two sets, each tied to a corresponding sound: 10 glyphs for notifications and 10 for ringtones. Nothing Phone 1 review: something else 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z The light strips distributed throughout the back panel flash in combinations called glyphs, and they’re functional as well as ornamental. There’s something familiar about the Nothing Phone 1 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Aside from the glyphs themselves, there’s also a red LED that flashes when the phone is filming. Here’s what the Nothing Phone 1’s rear lights can actually do 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z The monument acknowledges this history via a ring of lights around the perimeter, each sporting a glyph representing a historical event. How a new Tucson memorial found a way to mourn mass-shooting victims 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z After the arrival of the Spanish in the early 16th century, colonizers destroyed countless codices as well as the Maya glyph system, and the long-term, quantitative sky tracking it enabled. What did the ancient Maya see in the stars? Their descendants team up with scientists to find out 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z On a high level, you can set a glyph for all incoming notifications and one for all calls and leave it at that, or you can get more granular by going into individual app settings. Nothing Phone 1 review: something else 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z You can assign particular glyphs to individual contacts and app notifications. There’s something familiar about the Nothing Phone 1 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z The strips, which Nothing is branding as its “glyph interface,” consist of a little over 900 individual LEDs embedded into the rear of the phone. Here’s what the Nothing Phone 1’s rear lights can actually do 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z “It covers an acre of surface area on the ceiling. The glyphs are in a single chamber, but the cave goes on.” In Alabama’s ‘19th Unnamed Cave,’ a Trove of Ancient Dark-Zone Art 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z The ceiling of the cave descends to just over half a meter high where the glyphs are located, so the researchers had to lie on their backs to see most of the images, Simek explains. Largest Native American cave art revealed by 3D scans 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Because the glyph lights are tied to specific tones, you can use them for any app or feature that lets you customize alert sounds. Nothing Phone 1 review: something else 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z By enabling a feature called “flip to glyph,” you can automatically turn off notification sounds by placing the phone screen down on a flat surface while keeping the glyph light notifications active. There’s something familiar about the Nothing Phone 1 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z The glyph found on the mural fragments for "7 Deer," one of the calendar's 260 named days, consisted of the ancient Maya writing for the number seven over the outline of a deer's head. Earliest evidence of Maya calendar found inside Guatemalan pyramid 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Some of these glyphs stood for whole words, while others represented syllables. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As the researchers manipulated their images to make the drawings more visible, five huge glyphs that were previously too large and faint to be seen came into relief. Largest Native American cave art revealed by 3D scans 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z You can preview the glyph pattern and corresponding sound in the settings menu. Nothing Phone 1 review: something else 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z You can also just turn off the glyph lights altogether, but what’s the point of that? There’s something familiar about the Nothing Phone 1 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z The bill also puts into the Congressional record the glyph he used instead of his name for a time that Prince called “The Love Symbol.” First steps made in Minnesota Congress to honor pop superstar Prince 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z And while there is no clear evidence that the Olmec used a written language, their descendants or a related people carved out stone symbols that may have influenced later glyph writing. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Though the exact meaning of the glyphs is unclear, caves like the one in which they were found were often linked to the underworld, the researchers say. Largest Native American cave art revealed by 3D scans 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z For starters, I’m in the habit of putting my phone down with the screen facing up when I’m not using it, so I didn’t see the glyph flashing most of the time. Nothing Phone 1 review: something else 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Without the glyph feature, this phone could have been a launcher. There’s something familiar about the Nothing Phone 1 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z His elaborate vision resembled graphically complex Aztec and Mayan glyphs. The Indigenous influences on Netflix's 'Maya and the Three,' explained 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z It also has more than 290 prehistoric glyphs, or hieroglyphic symbols used to represent sounds or meanings, “making it the largest collection of indigenous people’s polychrome paintings in Missouri,” according to the auction website. National Digest: Two forest fires shut Sequoia National Park 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z It also has more than 290 prehistoric glyphs, “making it the largest collection of indigenous people’s polychrome paintings in Missouri,” according to the auction website. Missouri cave with ancient Native American drawings sold 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z The system worked best for me when I set specific glyphs for one or two important apps rather than a bunch of different glyphs for different apps. Nothing Phone 1 review: something else 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z One of its remotes even bears a mysterious glyph that’s never been used for anything. Roku does customizable buttons right on the Voice Remote Pro 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z All of these are embedded with glyphs, except for the one that features the Madonna. How artist Mark Steven Greenfield's Black Madonnas vanquish white supremacy 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z But perhaps its most interesting and extensively-excavated neighborhood, featuring a patio floor with rare painted symbols, or glyphs, remains off-limits to tourists. Beyond public view, scholars unravel mystery of writing in ancient Mexican city 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z There are crowns awarded to the winners, but adorned with Maya glyphs and symbols rather than glitzy jewels. Queens’ Land: the indigenous Mayan queens of Guatemala – photo essay 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z You can also use the glyph lights as a fill light for the camera. Nothing Phone 1 review: something else 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Henry James stared at the glyph saying ‘denied’. Alien, go home 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z A side gallery at William Turner features several paintings composed entirely of glyphs, including a mournful piece inspired by the tragedy of the slave ship Zong. How artist Mark Steven Greenfield's Black Madonnas vanquish white supremacy 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Walking around La Ventilla, where the glyphs patio is located, is tantamount to exploring an ancient neighborhood, featuring temples, artisan workshops, intricate apartment compounds and finely painted murals. Beyond public view, scholars unravel mystery of writing in ancient Mexican city 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Native American activists soon complained that the icons depicted on the mural — Mayan glyphs, an Aztec eagle, a Zia sun symbol, the Southwestern fertility god Kokopelli — weren’t indigenous to the region and thus offensive. A mural at a troubled park was meant to honor Native Americans. Instead, it caused anger 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z The glyph lights are also very bright at their default setting. Nothing Phone 1 review: something else 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z It pointed to the glyph on the print-sheet in front of Henry. Alien, go home 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z Also materializing in the works are glyphs inspired by meditation. How artist Mark Steven Greenfield's Black Madonnas vanquish white supremacy 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Drawings and photos of the city’s most recently confirmed glyph are set to be published in a scholarly paper next year. Beyond public view, scholars unravel mystery of writing in ancient Mexican city 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z And when Sheila E. attempted to knee-slide down a long runway shaped like Prince’s signature glyph, the percussionist came down hard enough that you could hear it over the music. Deep cuts and idiosyncratic visions highlight Grammy tribute concert to Prince 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z The glyph lights don’t appear to be totally responsible, either. Nothing Phone 1 review: something else 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Other new glyphs show a two-headed snake that appears to be devouring two people, a bird, a fish and another humanoid. Mysterious 'humanoid' figures discovered in Peru 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z The community members show the researchers other features of the site, such as a large vertical stone carved with a portrait and glyphs standing half-buried at the base of a tree. In search of the ‘white Jaguar’: Archaeologists travel deep into the jungle to find a lost Maya city 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z The single glyph likely represents the specific year it was dedicated. Beyond public view, scholars unravel mystery of writing in ancient Mexican city 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z A mural of black jazz musicians from Prince’s “Rainbow Children” era was on the wall; a large silver rendering of Prince’s glyph was suspended from the ceiling. The Book of Prince 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z There’s a fun, bonus glyph feature for video, too: a small, red recording indicator light that blinks when you’re filming. Nothing Phone 1 review: something else 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z The tall cylinder that held its machinery was painted pink and green and adorned with cubist faces, floating eyes and geometric glyphs. Perspective | A massive mural in an underground District tunnel is finally seeing the light 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Microsoft showed off the emoji support with a flashy sizzle video at Build, and the text rendering is DirectX-based so it will display regular text characters, glyphs, and symbols that are available on your PC. Microsoft’s new Windows Terminal now available to download for Windows 10 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z Like an agitated student just back from summer vacation, at first I wasn’t into the trial and error involved in guessing the meaning of different glyphs. Review | An interesting concept forms the basis of ‘Heaven’s Vault’ but it takes a while to grab you 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z In the conference room, his trademark glyph was etched into a long glass table. The Book of Prince 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z The Phone 1’s marquee feature, the glyph notifications, are kind of a gimmick — but they’re ultimately harmless. Nothing Phone 1 review: something else 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z The older glyphs have a greater degree of “repatination,” according to Shawn Lambert, who heads the public archaeology program for the Utah Division of State History. Students help to protect ancient rock art near Utah Lake 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Canadian guitarist Donna Grantis spent four years in various capacities with the late artist who once changed his name to an unpronounceable glyph. Review: Ex-Prince guitarist Donna Grantis explores fusion 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z “Painting,” painted by Joan Miró in 1933, in Barcelona, is a composition of black, red, and white blobby shapes and linear glyphs on a ground of bleeding and blending greens and browns. Joan Miró’s Modernism for Everybody 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Instead of indecipherable glyphs at the top of the screen, Google borrowed iOS’s approach and made cut and copy options appear directly above what you selected, which is way easier. Android: a 10-year visual history 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z I fly about the planet — a mostly aquatic world with an ocean filled with jellyfish-like creatures — and activate three ancient devices, each somehow connected to the portal through an inscrutable glyph system. No Man’s Sky travel diary: responsibility 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Emojis are approved by the Unicode Consortium, the industry body which oversees software standards and developments, but tech platforms are at liberty to introduce their own designs of approved glyphs. Google puts gun emoji back in holster with switch to water pistol 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z “As you find different words that use the same glyphs, you might get the idea of related concepts,” Inkle’s other co-founder, Joseph Humfrey, explains. Heaven’s Vault is a game about translating an ancient alien language 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Practitioners draw sigils or glyphs on various surfaces to choose the resulting action. Review: Tom Miller’s novel turns gender roles upside down 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z Picking the newest additions to our roster of cartoonish glyphs, from deciding on their appearance to negotiating rules that allow vampires but bar Robert Pattinson’s or Dracula’s likeness, actually has consequences for modern communication. Will we get a smiling poop emoji? Well, there’s a process 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z But it can take years from inspiration - Hey, why isn’t there a dumpling? - to a new symbol entering the roster of cartoonish glyphs. Will we get a smiling poop emoji? Well, there’s a process 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Then there’s the problem that every individual operating system needs to design its own emoji because the little glyphs are copyrighted, so it won’t do to simply use the same ones as your competitor. Why are Samsung's emojis different from everyone else? 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z This realization made me completely rethink the meanings of the glyphs. Heaven’s Vault is a game about translating an ancient alien language 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z “I can understand Mr. Bing’s story without translation, because it’s told completely through universally understood glyphs — a pastiche of emoji, corporate logos and scientific symbols, among other images.” Afghanistan, Solar Eclipse, Barcelona: Your Tuesday Briefing 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z “I can understand Mr. Bing’s story without translation, because it’s told completely through universally understood glyphs — a pastiche of emoji, corporate logos, and scientific symbols, among other images.” Barcelona, North Korea, Singapore: Your Tuesday Briefing 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z After he died, she got her first tattoo - Prince’s glyph adorned with open lilies - on her arm. With tears, tattoos, Prince fans remember him a year later 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z After he died, she got her first tattoo — Prince’s glyph adorned with open lilies — on her arm. With tears, tattoos, Prince fans remember him a year later 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z The more you learn about the glyphs, the more you discover about the alien civilization that created them. Heaven’s Vault is a game about translating an ancient alien language 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Each featured drink is paired with an austere graphic on the opposite page, composed of a pattern of glyphs representing the ratio of various ingredients. Bid Adieu to 2016 With a Very Strong Drink 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z "We will continue to work with the Unicode Consortium to refine and update glyphs that reflects customer needs, feedback and supports a consistent system that works across the digital world." Microsoft replaced its toy gun emoji with a real revolver 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z You’ll draw glyphs in the air with one hand and aim spells with a staff in the other, casting things like fireballs, a mystical sword, or a barrier-breaking charm. A Dark Souls of VR would be wonderful — here’s how you’d make it 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z When Prince declared that his name was an unpronounceable glyph, The Times went with “the artist formerly known as Prince,” and often just Prince. In the Ring He was Ali, but in the Newspapers He Was Still Clay 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z It isn’t even the future profits from his name, image and unpronounceable glyph, which the government will tax as income as it is earned. What Is Prince’s Legacy Worth? The Tax Man Wants to Know 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z In the 1990s, he wrote “slave” on his face in protest and changed his name to a symbol — an unpronounceable glyph. Prince autopsy completed, ‘no obvious signs of trauma,’ sheriff says 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Some will require drawing glyphs in the air with your controllers, a mechanic that's being used in other spell-casting games like Runes: The Forgotten Path. Ratchet & Clank's creators are making a VR game about wizard fight clubs 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z They resembled antennas or construction sites or alien glyphs. The Invisible Catastrophe 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z With a finger tip I gently traced the outlines of the glyphs that I feel certain hold the key to the secret knowledge — then hung my head in shame and frustration. Citadel : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z I celebrate the downfall of English, and basically any other written language that doesn't rely entirely on twee glyphs. Emoji, emoji everywhere, and not a way to search them 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z She handed the students a glossary of Mayan glyphs along with their meanings in French. Visual artist finds way to learn French at elementary school 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z It is framed by translucent marker boards covered in the arcane glyphs of the trade. Science fiction: Cosmology boot camp : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z Behind him, a small almond couch faced a glyph-covered blackboard running the length of the room. The Singular Mind of Terry Tao 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z The male glyph was symmetriical, she said, aside from a spiked hairdo. Facebook Changes 'Friends' Icon to Make Man and Woman Equal 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z The issue lies in how Apple devices render characters in unicode, a widely-used standard that uses binary codes to represent text or script characters, or “glyphs”. iPhone Arabic Text Bug Can Flatline Apple Macs Too 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Much of the album is dedicated to exploring the concept of spirits represented by animal glyphs in the Mayan mythology. Guatemalan rappers promote Mayan language, stories to youth 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z Creating fonts with thousands of glyphs is a painstaking process that demands particular design skills. The A-Z of Chinese Fonts 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z For fans of Richard D James, there was no mistaking the weird glyph that appeared above London’s Oval Space on Saturday. Aphex Twin teases impending return as symbol appears in London and New York 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z Emoji is the true language of the internet, spanning all borders and allowing any dispute to be resolved through a series of tiny, bizarre, and occasionally incomprehensible glyphs. Emojli is a chat app that only lets you send emoji 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z There it was, a tiny silver glyph — like a piercing stud on her pouting lower lip. Pop-ups 2014-04-23T17:20:51.315Z Colonial-era Spanish Bishop Diego de Landa also provided help for future scholars by getting scribes who were still able to write in the Maya language to transliterate the Spanish alphabet into Maya glyphs. The ancient Maya meet the modern Internet 2013-05-20T21:03:55Z But mostly, death is just a glyph in the gaming grammar, a means of progressing from one game state to another. David Cage on grief, game design and Beyond: Two Souls 2012-07-04T13:55:27Z The presence of lunar glyphs in one of the numerical tables raised the possibility that the table related to astronomy. Ancient Time: Earliest Mayan Astronomical Calendar Unearthed in Guatemala Ruins 2012-05-10T18:15:00.237Z The day glyph is somewhat obscure, but contains a circular frame supported by a knot, while the month glyph is pretty surely Zac. On the Age of Maya Ruins 2012-03-31T02:00:35.733Z Although the glyphs for Uo and Zip resemble each other, yet the date on I J 1 is clearly 9 Eb 0 or 20 Zip. Was the Beginning Day of the Maya Month Numbered Zero (or Twenty) or One? 2012-03-26T02:00:38.573Z Hittites, Persians, and Assyrians, as well as the Phœnicians, frequently represented the sun-god in similar fashion in their sacred glyphs or carvings. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z This, Olivia explained, was what archeologists called the “star wars” glyph, a reflection of the Maya strategy of planning wars in accordance with astronomical events. | Long Island: ?The Mystery of the Mayan Medallion? at the Long Island Children?s Museum 2012-02-18T08:42:03Z On three of the walls the researchers found figural paintings, along with a series of glyphs and numerals. Ancient Time: Earliest Mayan Astronomical Calendar Unearthed in Guatemala Ruins 2012-05-10T18:15:00.237Z The great cycle glyph in the Chichen Itza date is somewhat injured, but it is apparently of the same character as those found elsewhere. On the Age of Maya Ruins 2012-03-31T02:00:35.733Z On R 8 to 9 we find 1.16.7.17., if the thumb with the katun glyph means 1, as it almost surely does. Was the Beginning Day of the Maya Month Numbered Zero (or Twenty) or One? 2012-03-26T02:00:38.573Z This is not one of those changes when a vintage logo is replaced by a radically different version centered on some strange symbol like a glyph. Media Decoder Blog: Still a Good Neighbor, State Farm Updates Its Logo 2011-12-15T20:52:45Z To help resolve ambiguity, tech-savvy users turned to emoticons: “glyphs, usually representing stylized facial expressions, created mainly from short sequences of punctuation marks and are designed to convey an emotional tone in email.” Oracles Past and Present: Our Means of Managing Information 2011-11-29T04:15:17.847Z Those glyphs are represented in this file using the numeric entities of the Unicode characters which accurately represent these glyphs as printed in the original. Type Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #1 2011-06-12T02:00:07.280Z "The theory now most generally accepted is, that while chiefly ideographic, the glyphs are sometimes phonetic." Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z But the month is not Cumhu nor is it Pop, but it is undoubtedly the glyph for the five supplementary days, Uayeb. Was the Beginning Day of the Maya Month Numbered Zero (or Twenty) or One? 2012-03-26T02:00:38.573Z Honeydew is not yet on Kanzi's word list; instead, he points to the glyphs for green, yellow and watermelon. Inside the Minds of Animals 2010-08-05T09:10:00Z Higher up, on the same page, the S occurs again in a group of glyphs alongside of twin-seated figures. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Tula, Oaxaca, Otolum, &c., had glyphs or a kind of combined alphabet, where the letters or syllables were blended into words, as in our anagrams, and not in serial order. The Ancient Monuments of North and South America, 2nd ed. Phonetics and picturegraphs, the various alphabets and glyphs, are mixed and modified, but never invented nor altogether changed. The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology The glyph which is three times repeated at the beginning of page 2, and recurs in parallel position repeated two to five times on each page, is the most common glyph in the whole Codex. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs It deserves attention on account of its resemblances, but still more on account of its differences, with certain other Yucatec glyphs. Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245 In the case of god L, the two horse-shoe marks from which drops are falling into the mouth of the god, are surmounted by the glyph imix, to which I shall revert. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Sleep on," they said, in whispers low, "Nor fear the white man's coming, For we have put no glyph to show, The spot of thy entombing. The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians Before this I had seen only the conventionalized and intricate glyph of the Toad God. The Door Through Space The following combinations, besides the one above, are also found: Section c consists of 16 glyphs in two rows, above the central picture. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs There are some animals in the codices which are represented by glyphs very frequently. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices I therefore reserve a more detailed discussion of this subject for my notes on this MS. and return to the glyphs caban and kan or can. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations He does not claim that the Maya scribes had reached that advanced stage where they could indicate each letter-sound by a glyph or symbol. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. Rakhal, look at the symbols embroidered into the glyph of the God! The Door Through Space Up to date our knowledge of the meanings of the glyphs is still to all intents and purposes limited to the direct tradition we have through Landa, and the deductions immediately involved in these. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs In the inscriptions glyphs frequently occur which represent animals either showing the whole body or simply the head. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices Returning to the employment of the glyph kan in Maya Codices, for more reasons than I am able to enumerate here, I conclude it served as an indicative of the Above or Heaven. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations These two glyphs are, in fact, combined to form the symbol for the month Kayab. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. As we have seen, Spain is a glyph for the Great Plain, the Otherworld. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 We are able to identify what must be regarded as metaphysical or esoteric applications of certain glyphs in certain places, such as the face numerals.35-* Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs The macaw and the turtle seem also to be represented by glyphs in the inscriptions. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices We shall next demonstrate that it was alternately placed, on the Maya Caban glyph, with a curious sign consisting of a pea-shaped black dot, to which a curved and wavy line is attached. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations It is also further confirmed by the two glyphs shown in plate LXVIII, 13, 14, which occur together in Dres. 38b. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. The stories in the Upanishads are glyphs pure and simple. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 That we have as many of the points as we have, and still cannot form from them the key—that we cannot read the glyphs—is a constant wonder; but a fact nevertheless. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs Under each pair of red and black numbers there is usually a human form and over each pair a group of four glyphs belonging to the figure below. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices Enclosed in a black ring, the glyph displays, above, a large black dot with six smaller ones grouped in a semicircle about it, and below, four perpendicular bars. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The prefix he interprets by “man, human being,” and supposes the whole glyph refers to the attributes of the Rain god. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. In the epics, they have taken on much more human color, though still exalting and ennobling,—and all embodying, or molded to, the glyph. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 The glyph is related to the idea directly, the spelled word only through the formal combination of symbols for single vocal speech-elements, meaningless when separate. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs These glyphs are usually oblong in shape and three or more are arranged together end to end. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices In some cases, however, they recall the semblance of the large glyphs on which chieftains are represented as seated on the carved sides of the square monoliths just described. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The two glyphs on the mat figure are unquestionably imix symbols, though of the two different types shown in plate LXIV, 1 and 5. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. A half channel, or glyph, is also cut upon each of the perpendicular edges of the tablet. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section T, U, V, and W Above each figure there seems to have been at least six glyphs, of which but very few are left. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs What is undoubtedly the same animal is shown as a head glyph in Pl. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices Bee, Maya word for=cab; Cab glyph, 110. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations If these glyphs are considered ideographic and not phonetic, it is still possible to give them a reasonable interpretation. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. In this edition the illustrations and figures have been replaced by the glyph "###". Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel The colored edition of 1887, having been worked over by hand, in lithography, is defective in various places, both as regards the black of the figures and glyphs, and in the colors. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs From this general resemblance, it seems probable that both represent the harpy, although no crests are shown on the glyphs. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices On the west side the two central figures face each other and two diminutive glyphs are carved in the space between them. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations This furnishes a consistent and appropriate explanation of the figures, and gives at the same time the phonetic value of the glyph. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. Inline Mayan glyphs in Part III Chapter 7 have been replaced by '###'. Atlantis : the antediluvian world Wherever there remains enough of any glyph to show its characteristic strokes, it can be regarded as safely indicated; whenever the strokes are not just those characteristic of any glyph, it cannot be inferred. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs There are several carved glyphs in stone that probably represent jaguars. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices This is a fact of utmost importance, for it definitely connects distinct personalities, obviously chieftains with composite glyphs, some composite parts of which are obviously totemic. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations But in these places he gives the glyph the signification “fire” or “flame.” Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. By an inspection of the facsimile of these forty-six elementary glyphs, we find all the particulars which Professor Anthon ascribes to the characters which he says 'a plain-looking countryman' presented to him. The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 In a very few places I have restored glyphs totally erased, relying on the parallelism of the passages. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs A slight modification of this glyph appears in Dresden 8a in connection with the full drawing of the animal below. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices The following résumé will make the distribution of the figures and glyphs on the altar quite clear. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations This, however, is not so very objectionable, as there are other places where the chief phonetic element of the ben glyph appears to be i. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. These" elementary glyphs "of Rafinesque are some of the characters found on the famous "Tablet of the Cross" in the ruins of Palenque, Mexico, since so fully described by Stevens. The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 These glyphs are all necessitated by their different series, and hence can cause no confusions; while it seemed advantageous to have them before the eye. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs Offerings are also shown in the form of glyphs. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices Lastly, the twenty different figures, connected with particular glyphs, are equivalent to the division of the tribe into as many portions, minus the head. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The lower triangle is usually sharp and extends to the top in the akbal symbol, while that in the chuen glyph is broad or rounded and does not extend to the top. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. This peculiar distribution of 20 glyphs is of peculiar interest. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Then next appears a brownish color used for lining or ornamenting various glyphs, and the clothing, headdress, etc., etc., of the figures. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs The same is seen also in connection with the representation of the gods and their glyphs. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices “Altar G,” illustrated in Mr. Maudslay's work, exhibits four glyphs only—an interesting number, replete with significance to the native mind. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations This, as will be seen by comparing, bears a very close resemblance to glyph LXIV, 54. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. Behind him are 4 perpendicular columns with 17 glyphs in each; whilst a detached series, consisting of 13 smaller glyphs, is carved in front and above him. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations A noteworthy technical line is to be found in the drawing of the glyphs. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs In each of these cases the centipede head surrounded by dots is shown in connection with the main part of the glyph. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices The number 24 recurs on the top of Altar U, where the glyphs are disposed in 3 rows of 8 each. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Both seem to recognize the whole glyph as a symbol of the stalk. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. If these 9×4 be added to the 4×4 glyphs on which the chieftains are respectively seated, we obtain 13 groups of 4, equivalent to 52. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations See the following fish-glyph forms: These pictures are almost exclusively in uncompounded forms, whereas the conventional glyphs, whether human, animal or otherwise, are subject to the general rules of incorporation. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs This shows a prefix clearly representing the centipede and the “moon sign” is the main part of the glyph. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices At the same time the back of this altar exhibits 5×10=50 and its sides 2×2=4 glyphs, which may possibly constitute separate records. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Some unusual forms which vary widely from the typical glyph are given at 17-20. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. Each figure holds a glyph with the numeral ten attached to it in its outstretched hand.” The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations His concluding paragraph forcibly presents the hope that the understanding of the Maya glyphs will furnish new and important data in the life history of man. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs With one exception, no glyph is to be found representing this reptile as is the case with many of the animals. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices Forming a band around the edge, to the right of the figure are 6 glyphs and 6 others are to his left=12 in all. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations It would seem, therefore, from this that the bordering was considered the essential element of the glyph. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. Four stars and also four star-groups or planets which seem to have been associated with the cardinal points and are indicated by four discs exhibiting two concentric circles and four glyphs placed around them. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations For the divisions and the numbering of the glyphs I have made my own arrangement. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs In many cases, the animal pictured below is not represented by its glyph above and, vice versa, the animal glyph may appear without its picture below. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices On this we again find columns of glyphs and a personage at each side of a central figure. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The glyph shown in plate LXV, 45, from. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. On Stela B two sides exhibit 13 glyphs each and the back 2+ the initial. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Section d is a triple row of glyphs, originally 21 in some instances, but with many now erased. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs Both the picture and the glyph usually appear but either may appear alone. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices On two sides of Stela C the initial is followed by 2×7=14 glyphs. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations If a satisfactory interpretation of this glyph could be found, it would assist greatly in deciphering the codices. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. Behind each figure are rows of glyphs and in the upper corner to the left of the spectator is the septenary series headed by the initial-sign. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations To sum up the general characteristics of this side of the MS., and without attempting to interpret any separate glyphs, we find the following data: The Cimi-compound and its sub-compound occurs 25 times. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs A comparison of this figure with the glyphs in the Nuttall Codex seems to leave little doubt that it represents a crocodile. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices The most striking feature about the representation of these personages is, that each of them is seated, cross-legged, on a different composite glyph; some of these exhibit animal forms. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Whether this deity glyph bears any relation to the day symbol is, however, doubtful. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. With the exceptions noted, none of the above glyphs occur at all on the reverse side of the MS. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs But when, as their strangeness wears away, one comes to see the unfailing accuracy with which the glyphs are drawn, one’s opinion of their makers has to change. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs The creatures pictured in the codices are often accompanied by their glyphs which appear in the lines of signs directly above. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices Both figures are much weather worn; each has what appears to be a glyph in its hand, which is outstretched toward the alligator's head. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Therefore, if we connect the upper part of the house symbols with the ben glyph, it is still by no means certain that it is derived from, or bears any relation to, the mat character. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. Each contains a picture, with black and red numerals as above, surmounted by four glyphs only. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs Each had on the upper part probably five rows of glyphs, some 70 in all, of which only 10 or 12 are at all recognizable. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs The glyph belonging to this deity also shows the Chicchan sign as its distinguishing mark. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices On the sides of Stela F, each initial is followed by 34 glyphs only, the count being shorter than that of Stela E by 2×2=4. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations On Tro. 17b the same glyph stands above an individual who is in the act of striking a snake which is biting his foot. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. The pictures are all quite incomplete; neither is there anything to add to what has been already said of the glyphs. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs Contrary to all the pages hitherto discussed, it may be that these glyphs are to be read from right to left. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs Curiously, however, it has no lower jaw and the same is true of the numerous glyphs representing the head of the animal. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices On each shoulder 1 figure with glyph=2. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations As ek signifies “star,” and lemba “resplendent, bright, shining, sparkling,” the phonetic value of the glyph may be “the bright, shining star,” alluding to Venus. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. The glyph occurs written in the torrents, at the left side. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs So from the very first of my studies I began to cherish thoughts of the day when Maya could be printed with type, and classified indexes to the glyphs at hand. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs A peculiar glyph occurs in connection with them which may be an aid to their ultimate identification. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices On east and west sides respectively, 4 figures; on north side 2 figures, on the south side 4 figures on composite glyphs=14. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations This certainly agrees with the rendering of the glyph. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. The classification of the glyphs meets of course with some difficulties in detail, but it can readily be cast into a quite simple general outline. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs From these I made careful tracings, myself, of the black figure and glyph lines of the original, making at the same time the separate enlarged drawings from which the type were afterwards made. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs Brinton calls the glyph the “fish and oyster sign.” Animal Figures in the Maya Codices The total number of figures on top and sides is 20, each of which is intimately associated with a glyph. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Whether these are in fact men glyphs is a question not yet determined. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. In other words, the glyphs in general are conventions with established meanings—actual writing;39-* but we also have pictures of birds or animal forms, where the writer is not following convention, but nature. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs The temptation was strong to put the usual glyph here as on all the other pages, but the slight variation in the lines left of glyph 3-b-3 forbade it. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs As noted in the case of the glyphs of the king vulture, the greater number of these occur quite alone. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices Examination, however, shows that, whereas the Maya Calendar had but four year-signs which would naturally be bound to repeat themselves in each group of four years, no two glyphs on the Stela F are alike. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations I am as yet unable to interpret satisfactorily any of the compound characters of which these supposed men glyphs form a part. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. The relation of spoken sound to glyph is wholly adventitious; the relation of the idea to the spelled word is equally adventitious. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs Section b is made up of 45 or more glyphs in three columns. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs The glyphs in this inscription are unlike the usual Maya hieroglyphs, although several of the so-called constellation signs can be made out. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices On the east side of Stela P, it is succeeded by 22 glyphs and a carved design which seems to indicate the beginning or end of the count. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The glyph is seldom if ever found in combination with other characters or used otherwise than as a day symbol. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. And it will have to be a prefix, not a postfix; for what I may call the syntax of glyph formation must follow that of the speech. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs A classified list shows 28 compounds of this glyph, 20 of these showing the subfix, and combined with a face or other prefix. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs The two glyphs in question represent the entire body possibly of a vulture, that on Pl. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices The figures are human, but in place of a human head each figure is surmounted by a glyph. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations To this evidence may be added the fact that the symbol over which it is placed contains some of the elements of the cib glyph. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. In the next place, certain regular differences occur in this or that glyph or particle, between the forms of the different manuscripts. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs The glyph occurs 37 times on this side and, with a prefix and a changed postfix, once on page 24. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs This identification may be questioned, as there is no drawing of an eagle associated with the glyph. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices It is obvious, therefore, that the glyphs are not the four calendar year-signs and reflection shows, indeed, that it would have been quite superfluous to carve these repeatedly on a stela. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations As will be observed, we have expressed the opinion that this glyph is a symbol for woman in the general sense, which conclusion appears to be confirmed by its connection with different female figures. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. Down to the very end of the various revisions I found myself able to add glyphs which at first seemed hopeless, and yet when once seen became clear and plain. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs And I am convinced that the widest door there is to be opened to this past of the human race, is that of the Maya glyphs. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs A collection of glyphs of this period shows clearly the lizard-like character of the face. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices In the majority of foregoing cases the glyphs are single and comparatively simple. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations If this supposition be correct, then, as cab is the Maya name for “honey,” we have in this coincidence in sound and glyph another indication of pboneticism. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. The upper part of these two pages contained originally 91 glyphs, perhaps to be read from right to left, the same as 21 and 22. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs But Language touches both the glyphs directly and also all these other things, and is itself of surpassing interest and importance as a human study. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs In the various glyphs showing the head of this species, the prominent, elongate eyebrow and the absence of the lower jaw are noteworthy points, while the teeth may vary in number from three to six. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices On the upper surface of this monolith there are 6×6=36 single glyphs, which yield 9 groups of 4. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations As the right portion has a character resembling the Muluc symbol as its chief element, and below it the u glyph, we may translate it muyal, “cloud.” Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. Many of the glyphs are the same as those on pages 2 to 11, reversed right for left. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs In classifying these glyphs, therefore, they must be all reversed. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs The glyph of the king vulture has already been discussed. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices A careful study of the other square monolith at Copan, known as the Alligator altar, will enable us to form a better estimate of the probable meaning of glyphs, employed as seats by chieftains. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations It is difficult to decide as to the origin of the glyph. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. There are also a few other glyphs on these pages which cannot be regarded as right to left. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs The glyphs must be determined, compared and classified, and what I have called the “syntax” of their composition, studied. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs Above in the glyphs the character for the south is shown. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices On Stelæ F and M, each of which displays twenty glyphs and one sculptured personage, the latter is particularly characterized by being associated with head-dresses and emblems consisting of elaborate conventionalized plumed serpents' heads. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations It seems to mo clear that this glyph represents something in the picture, and not the personage, as there is a special glyph for this. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. The dog, curiously enough, does not seem to be represented by an offering-glyph although he has a glyph of his own when appearing in other connections. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices Mr. Gates has materially advanced this study by his reproduction of the glyphs in type. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs Attention has already been called to the two stone glyphs in Pl. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices The inscriptions on the foregoing stelæ are made of glyphs of a uniform character. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations This character, however, when combined with other glyphs, and when used otherwise than as a day symbol, sometimes varies from the types given. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. The head and feet of the lizard, as has been noted, may also be shown by a glyph. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices Relying on the presence of the photographs to check the work, I have thus added a very considerable number to the glyphs at first apparent. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs It remains finally to speak of the various animals which are represented in glyph form as well as drawn in full in the pictures proper. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices There are two figures on the north side of the monument, one on either side of the tail of the alligator; each is seated on a glyph. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The turkey and iguana glyphs are very often found with a Kan sign indicating an offering of maize and bread as well as that of the animal. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices This stone monument is remarkable from the fact that the glyphs are all more or less realistic representations of human and animal forms. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices The glyph occurs 13 times on this side and once on page 23. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs The failure to find any distinct glyph for this goddess seems to strengthen the view of not considering her as a separate deity. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices Under the snout of the alligator, on the south side, there are 2×4=8 glyphs. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations There seems to be no glyph used in connection with this animal. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices The first is a glyph from the tablet of the Temple of the Sun at Palenque, and at least suggests the quetzal by the feathers on the top of the head, as also Pl. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices With three exceptions the above glyphs are the only ones that are repeated in the Codex with any marked frequency. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs It may be noted that these glyphs are virtually the same as the sign for the first a in Landa’s alphabet. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices The number 24 occurs on Altar R on which the glyphs are disposed as 2×4=8+2×8=24. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations In order to make this point clearer, we will take up the consideration of the glyphs at this place, rather than at the end of the section as usual. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices The Quirigua glyph has a prominent fleshy tongue, however, like the parrot. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices The three exceptions are the face with tau-eye, already mentioned, and the two glyphs occurring as an initial pair twelve times on pages 15 to 18, sections a, b, c. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs The teeth, however, often appearing in the Tun glyph would be against this theory. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices I refer to Mr. Maudslay's interesting conclusion that these pictorial glyphs preceded, in date, the more cursive method of representing the initial series. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations In the Nuttall Codex, the head of the king vulture occurs repeatedly as a glyph for this day. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices Various other glyphs occur which undoubtedly represent the heads either of macaws or smaller parrots. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices Other features of the comparative use and frequency of the glyphs on these pages have already been given. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs One of the eighteen Maya months is named Muan, and some of the glyphs appearing for this month in the codices certainly represent the Moan or screech owl. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices Above him to his left are 5 and to his left are 3 glyphs. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations They are, for the most part, glyphs from the stone inscriptions. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices |
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