Note 1097 — Chapter XXIV · MAYA ARTS, CALENDAR, AND HIEROGLYPHICS.
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For slight notices of the various mechanical arts of the Mayas see the following authorities: Oviedo, Hist. Gen., tom. i., pp. 276, 350, 521, tom. iv., pp. 33, 36, 105-9; Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., tom. i., p. 354, tom. ii., p. 346; Laet, Novus Orbis, p. 329; Cogolludo, Hist. Yuc., pp. 4, 13, 187, 196; Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. ii., lib. ii., cap. xvii., dec. iv., lib. viii., cap. ix., lib. x., cap. ii., xiv.; Landa, Relacion, pp. 116, 120, 128-9; Villagutierre, Hist. Conq. Itza, pp. 100, 311-12, 495, 499-501; Remesal, Hist. Chyapa., p. 293; Peter Martyr, dec. iv., lib. ii., dec. vi., lib. iii.; Benzoni, Hist. Mondo Nuovo, fol. 98, 102-3; Ximenez, Hist. Ind. Guat., p. 203; Gomara, Hist. Ind., fol. 268; Cortés, Cartas, p. 489; Andagoya, in Navarrete, Col. de Viajes, tom. iii., p. 416; Las Casas, Hist. Apologética, MS., cap. cxxiv.; Id., in Kingsborough's Mex. Antiq., vol. viii., pp. 147-8; Palacio, Carta, p. 44; Squier's Nicaragua, (Ed. 1856,) vol. ii., pp. 339, 346; Foster's Pre-Hist. Races, p. 212; Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist. Nat. Civ., tom. ii., pp. 69, 172, 563.