Maya Hieroglyphic Database Project: The Codices

玛雅象形文字数据库项目的目标是继续将来自墨西哥和中美洲的整个玛雅文本语料库放入图形数据库，以增加对它的访问。古典时期(公元250-900)关于纪念碑雕塑的象形文字文本是第一批被包括在内的。到1997年6月，几乎每个大型网站，以及大多数较小的网站都将完成编码。在拟议的阶段中，四个玛雅典籍的象形文字文字将被添加到数据库中，这些文字可以追溯到后古典时期(公元1100-1600年)。这些书籍构成了象形文字语料库的主要部分，也是许多早期破译的来源。线条图将被扫描并分成单独的字形块和更大的文本段(通常是四个字形块和附图)。它们将被纳入用于纪念碑铭文的现有格式，以便与它们充分结合。每个记录将被编码为字形信息、词汇信息、语法信息、句法信息和时间信息。这不仅将增加总体的可及性，而且将有助于对法典不同部分之间可能存在的语言或方言差异进行正在进行的研究。尤卡坦语和乔兰语被认为是最接近经典玛雅人语言(S)的现代语系，经常被认为是抄本的语言，但确切的方言差异尚未定义。这项研究将涉及语音、词汇和句法方面的变异。象形文字数据库，包括低分辨率的字形块和字形线条图，将允许访问以前从未实现过的这些文本。它还将把最新的文本转录和翻译直接带给非金石学家，他们可以利用他们所涉及的历史、考古和语言信息。它将为金石学家提供真正全面的搜索和比较的能力。该数据库将放在一张光盘上(用于个人电脑和Macintosh系统)。到1998年秋天，我们预计数据库的部分内容将在万维网上提供。该网站目前包含该项目的摘要，并将定期更新：http://cougar.ucdavis.edu/nas/MAYA/home.html

The goal of the Maya Hieroglyphic Database Project: The Codices is to continue the task of putting the entire corpus of Maya texts from Mexico and Central America into a graphics database for the purpose of increasing access to it. The hieroglyphic texts on monumental sculpture from the Classic Period (A.D. 250-900) were the first to be included. Nearly every large site, and most of the smaller ones will have been coded by June 1997. During the proposed phase the hieroglyphic texts of the four Maya codices dating from the Postclassic Period (A.D. 1100-1600) will be added to the database. These books constitute a major part of the hieroglyphic corpus, and were the source of many early decipherments. Line drawings will be scanned and divided into individual glyph blocks and larger segments of texts (usually four glyphs blocks with accompanying figure). They will be incorporated into the existing format used for the monumental inscriptions in order to allow for full integration with them. Each record will be coded for graphemic, lexical, grammatical, syntactic, and temporal information. Not only will this increase overall access, but it will contribute to ongoing research into possible language or dialect differences between various sections of the codices. Yucatecan and Cholan languages, the modern language families believed to be closest to the language(s) of the Classic Maya are frequently put forward as the language of the codices, but precise dialect differences have yet to be defined. Phonological, lexical, and syntactic variation will be addressed in this research. The hieroglyphic database including the low resolution line drawings of glyph blocks and clauses will allow access to these texts never before realized. It will also bring the most current transcriptions and translations of the texts directly to the non-epigrapher, who may then utilize the historical, archaeological, and linguistic information they contai n. It will provide epigraphers with the ability to make truly comprehensive searches and comparisons. This database will be available on a single CD-ROM (for both PC and Macintosh systems). By fall of 1998, we expect to have portions of the database will be available on the World Wide Web. The site currently contains a summary of the project and will be periodically updated: http://cougar.ucdavis.edu/nas/MAYA/home.html