and drawings by

Dr. Augustus Le Plongeon.

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I.Author’s portrait (Frontispiece).
II.Prince Coh in battle—tracing from fresco painting on walls of Coh’s funeral chamber, in Memorial Hall at Chicħen.[35]
III.Mausoleum of High Priest Cay, at Chicħen.[41]
IV.Queen Móo’s portrait—Demi-relief on entablature of east façade of Governor’s House at Uxmal.[43]
V.Portrait of High Priest Cay. From a sculpture on the west side of the pyramid called the Dwarf’s House at Uxmal. (Discovered on June 1st, 1881, by Dr. Le Plongeon).[47]
VI.Prince Coh’s portrait. His statue discovered by Dr. Le Plongeon at Chicħen in 1875.[53]
VII.Prince Coh’s Memorial Hall at Chicħen. Restoration by Dr. Le Plongeon.[55]
VIII.Prince Aac’s Portrait. From a sculptured wooden lintel over the door of the funeral chamber in Memorial Hall at Chicħen.[61]
Appendix—Music.
IX.Invocation to the Sun.[36]
X.He and She.[36]
XI.The Dancers’ Song.[37]
XII.The Lover’s Song.[38]
XIII.Funeral Chant.[38]
Head Pieces.
I.Winged Circle—from Ococingo (Guatemala).[25]
II.Winged Circle—from Egypt.[65]
III.Queen Móo’s Talisman, found in the urn containing the charred heart and Viscera of Prince Coh, in his Mausoleum, at Chicħen in 1875, by Dr. Le Plongeon.[77]

PRONUNCIATION AND DEFINITION OF

MAYA PROPER NAMES.


AAC(Ak, as in dark.)Name of a prince.
BALAM(Bǟ-läm, a as in far.)God of agriculture.
CAN(Kän, a as in far.)Title of kings.
CAY(Kǟ-ee.)Name of a high priest.
CHICĦEN(Chee-chen, chee as in cheek.)Name of a city.
COH(Kō.)Name of a prince consort.
HOMEN(Hō-men, o as in no.)God of volcanic forces.
KU(Koo, oo as in moon.)The Supreme Intelligence.
MAYA(Mǟ-yä, a as in far.)Name of a nation.
MÓO(Mō, o as in no.)Name of a queen.
MU(Moo, oo as in moon.)Name of a country.
NICTÉ(Nik-tay.)Name of a princess.
YUM CIMIL(Yoom Keémil.)God of death.
ZOƆ(Zŏdz.)Name of a queen.

PREFACE.