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[73-1] _Arte del Idioma Maya_, p. 242 (2d ed).
[73-2] _Arte de la Lengua Maya_, compuesto por el R. P. Fr. Gabriel de San Buenaventura Predicador y difinidor habitual de la Provincia de San Joseph de Yucathan del Orden de N. P. S. Francisco. Año de 1684. Con licencia; En Mexico, por la Viuda de Bernardo Calderon, 4to. pag. 1-4, leaves 5-41.
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[74-2] _Apuntes para una Gramatica Maya._ Por Don Juan Pio Perez, pp. 45-136. _MSS._
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I. THE SERIES OF THE KATUNS. _From the Book of Chilan Balam of Mani._
II. THE SERIES OF THE KATUNS. _From the Book of Chilan Balam of Tizimin._
III. THE RECORD OF THE COUNT OF THE KATUNS. _From the Book of Chilan Balam of Chumayel._
IV. THE MAYA KATUNS. _From the Book of Chilan Balam of Chumayel._
V. THE CHIEF KATUNS. _From the Book of Chilan Balam of Chumayel._
The chronicles and fragments of chronicles which I have collected here are all taken from the various "Books of Chilan Balam." They constitute about all that remains to us, so far as I know, of the ancient history of the peninsula. There are, indeed, in other portions of these "Books" references to historical events before the Conquest, but no other consecutive narrations of them.
Except the one given first, none of these has ever been printed, nor even translated from the Maya into any European language. Whether they corroborate or contradict one another, it is equally important for American archæology to have them preserved and presented in their original form.
It does not come within my present purpose to try to reconcile the discrepancies between them. I am furnishing materials for history, not writing it, and my chief duty is to observe accuracy, even at the risk of depreciating the value of the documents I offer.