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玛雅文本的整个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年）纪念碑雕塑上的象形文字文本是第一个被纳入的。 到1997年6月，几乎所有大型场址和大多数小型场址都将编好编码。 在拟议的阶段，后古典时期（公元1100-1600年）的四部玛雅抄本的象形文字文本将被添加到数据库中。 这些书籍构成了象形文字语料库的主要部分，是许多早期破译的来源。 线条画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）。 它们将被纳入纪念碑铭文所使用的现有格式，以便与它们充分融合。 每个记录 将针对字形、词汇、语法、句法和时间信息进行编码。 这不仅将增加整体访问，但它将有助于正在进行的研究可能的语言或方言之间的差异各部分的法典。 尤卡坦语和乔兰语，被认为是最接近古典玛雅语言的现代语系，经常被提出作为抄本的语言，但确切的方言差异尚未被定义。 语音，词汇和句法的变化将在本研究中解决。 象形文字数据库，包括低分辨率的线条画的方块和条款，将允许访问这些文本从来没有实现。 它还将把最新的抄本和文本的翻译直接带给非金石学家，他们可以利用它们所包含的历史，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。 该数据库将以一张光盘提供（PC和Macintosh系统均可）。 到1998年秋季，我们预计将在万维网上提供该数据库的部分内容。 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